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counterplannered adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupied chiefly in preparing plans against other plans. Maritere got counterplannered and revised the taxi arrangement twice. counterplated adj. Still drunk, and positioned opposite the principal surface with no clear purpose. Jeryme remained counterplated, sitting across from the table and facing the wrong way. counterplayed adj. Too drunk to continue the game directly, but able to produce a reply to each move. Janes became counterplayed and answered the chess move with a toast. counterplayered adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every move as an invitation to make another. Verdean got counterplayered and answered the card trick with a slower one. counterpleadered adj. Having drunk more than was needed to turn conversation into formal opposition. Hooriya got counterpleadered and answered the landlord with a carefully stated objection. counterpleadinged adj. You have drunk enough to frame every disagreement as a contrary submission. Nathanie became counterpleadinged and opposed the suggestion of a sensible breakfast. counterpleaed adj. Having drunk enough to oppose every appeal with an appeal of your own. Fiorela became counterpleaed when asked to leave the closed bar. counterploted (/ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒtd/) adj. You are drunk and constructing a scheme against the scheme already under discussion. Lavinia was counterploted and devised a route home that defeated the route home. counterplottered adj. Of a drinker: habitually devising a second scheme before the first has begun. Jadelie was counterplottered and had a reply ready for the suggestion of leaving. counterployed adj. Of a drinker who has answered one clever trick with another, less successfully. Olyver got counterployed when the barman hid the bottle behind the till. counterpointed (/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪntd/) adj. Describing a drinker who supplies a second melody while retaining the first with some difficulty. counterpoise-lifted adj. Drunk, with the result that each stair requires a carefully balanced bucket-and-beam operation. Saleema came downstairs counterpoise-lifted, advancing one measured step whenever the landing permitted. counterpoised (/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪzd/) adj. A drinker who balances one uncertain weight with another, usually himself against furniture. Jairius was counterpoised between the bar and a chair for most of the evening. counterpoisonned adj. Drunk to a degree that one glass is being deployed against the effects of the previous one. Lesette became counterpoisonned and ordered a small whisky to correct the large one. counterpoled adj. Drunk to the extent of leaning precisely away from wherever the body is actually going. Dawane went counterpoled on the stairs, tilting left while every foot aimed right. counterposed (/ˈkaʊn.təˌpəʊzd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of adopting an opposing posture for every posture offered by the furniture. Narcisa sat counterposed to the chair, bracing herself against its perfectly ordinary angle.