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sharp-tailed streamcreepered adj. The state of being drunk and creeping beside running water, apparently to inspect it for breakfast purposes. Larico was sharp-tailed streamcreepered beside the garden tap, studying its trickle with grave concentration. sharpbilled adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning making brief, pointed remarks from the highest available chair. Carmeleta was sharpbilled on the breakfast chair, offering pointed observations about everyone's toast. sharpchin flyingfished adj. Reduced by drink to skimming above ordinary conversation, landing briefly wherever the breakfast discussion happens to be. sharped (/ʃɑːpd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance acquires an unnecessary semitone of emphasis. Noeline grew sharped and corrected the pitch of Wyette's name before forgetting the correction herself. sharpenered (/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into repeatedly trying to improve a pencil, a piece of toast, and eventually the morning itself. sharpening stoned adj. Loosened by drink into a slow, circular devotion to one hard surface and the belief that it can improve matters. sharpeninged adj. Sharpened by drink into concentrating intensely on minor edges, corners and distinctions which the morning does not require. sharpered (/ˈʃɑɹpɚd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to accuse the toaster of cheating, then negotiate a settlement before breakfast. sharpied (/ˈʃɑːpid/) adj. Slowed by drink to examining every object for signs of alertness, while overlooking the need to stand up. sharpinged adj. Drunk and raising every remembered conversation by half a step, until the morning sounds uncomfortably pointed. sharpited adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has become mineral-rich, heavy, and faintly radioactive in atmosphere. sharplinged adj. Drunk enough to become a small, spiny nuisance in the shallows of the breakfast conversation. sharpnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a cutting edge from an unhelpfully pointed breakfast opinion. sharpnosed adj. Drunk beyond using the nose for anything except detecting yesterday's food from a considerable distance. Nannetta was sharpnosed, locating the forgotten takeaway before anyone else entered the kitchen. sharpshootered adj. Drunk in a way that sends one accurate observation across the room, followed by a long search for its intended target. sharpshootinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at precision reaches the correct object but the wrong part of the morning.