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.