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small-scaled snaked adj. Loosened by drink into a long, low, quietly venomous presence beneath the breakfast table. small-spotted catsharked adj. Emboldened by drink to patrol the kitchen floor, pausing only where last night's crumbs have settled. small-talked adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting polite exchanges whose content would not detain a clerk. small-talkered adj. Slowed by drink to exchanging one harmless observation every few minutes, usually about the weather. small-timered adj. Drunk and occupied with a minor grievance whose importance ends at the edge of the table. Gaza was small-timered, pursuing the serious matter of a missing teaspoon. small-toothed palm civeted adj. Drunk enough to emerge at dawn, cling to the furniture, and forage quietly for fruit or toast. Ezara was small-toothed palm civeted, moving through the kitchen by the cupboards and avoiding direct light. small-townered adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the morning-after incident unremarked by anyone within walking distance. Mykenzie was small-townered, with the previous evening already circulating before breakfast. small-townismed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that every unfamiliar proposal is an attack on local standards. Trumaine got small-townismed and rejected the restaurant because its menu had no gravy. small-world networked adj. Of a drinker who has mapped the entire pub through six acquaintances and trusts every connection. small-world phenomenonned adj. Describing a drinker who finds a personal link to everyone present, however distant the acquaintance. small-worldnessed adj. A drinker who assumes every room is socially compact enough for an unsolicited introduction. smallaged adj. The state of being drunk and confidently mistaking wild celery for a garnish worth serving. Victorialynn got smallaged and decorated every plate with weeds from the verge. smallballed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances through the evening one modest, irreversible decision at a time. Traevyn became smallballed and ordered another drink as though taking an uncontested base. smallbored adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every narrow question as a rifle requiring careful aim. smallclothesed adj. Reduced by drink to making eighteenth-century breeches seem suitable for the current weather and occasion. Elisabelle got smallclothesed and proposed knee-length breeches for the winter wedding. smallcoated adj. Softened by drink into believing a close-fitting short jacket solves both warmth and dignity.