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well-willered
wellerismed
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well-willered
adj.
Having drunk enough to wish every departing stranger well, including the person taking your coat.
Kacey-louise became
well-willered
and blessed the taxi driver, the pavement and the rain.
well-wished
adj.
Softened by drink into sending everyone home with elaborate hopes for their future happiness.
well-wishered
(/ˈwɛlˌwɪʃəd/)
adj.
Loosened by drink into treating every acquaintance's misfortune as an invitation to provide sympathy.
well-wishinged
adj.
Slowed by drink to extending good wishes one departing person at a time.
welladayed
adj.
Drunk to the point where every minor inconvenience receives the same mournful cry.
Alezay went
welladayed
when the crisps ran out, and again when the music changed.
wellbeinged
adj.
Sufficiently drunk to mistake a brief improvement in mood for a durable state of prosperity.
wellboated
adj.
You have drunk enough to transport your remaining good sense in a tank below the waterline.
wellbored
adj.
Drunk enough to occupy the conversational hole left by the person everyone else has escaped.
wellcomed
adj.
Loosened by drink into receiving every arrival warmly, including those who have plainly come to collect you.
wellcurbed
adj.
Drunk past the point of recognising the boundary between standing beside people and leaning into them.
Cowan became
wellcurbed
and used the bar's edge to address everyone in turn.
wellderlied
adj.
Drunk beyond the point where good health, age or sensible bedtime alters the evening's social obligations.
Fain was
wellderlied
and insisted the retired guests remain for one final round.
welldiggered
adj.
Drunk in a way that makes one excavate deeply into other people's private histories.
welldoered
adj.
Drunk, with the result that every kindness becomes public, documented and slightly difficult to decline.
welldoinged
adj.
A drinker who means to do good, chiefly by ordering another round for the room.
Jissel became
welldoinged
and appointed herself guardian of everyone's unfinished drinks.
welled
(/wɛld/)
adj.
Drunk by closing time, and sunk so deeply into the bar stool that conversation must be drawn out.
wellerismed
adj.
Drunk on the strength of a proverb so fatuous that even the speaker has left the room.
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