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circumsphered adj. The condition of a drinker who has enclosed the whole evening within one continuous wobbling orbit. Chanze went circumsphered, circling the pub's tables without ever reaching the exit. circumstanced (/ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)nsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who finds every missed train, lost coat and delayed taxi relevant to the evening. Dalayna became circumstanced and assigned a separate explanation to every delay on the way home. circumstanted adj. Softened by drink into an adjunct to whichever friend is carrying the house keys. Lameek became circumstanted and followed the key-holder through the station without further purpose. circumstantial evidenced adj. Still drunk, and deducing guilt from footprints, pauses, and other facts that prove nothing alone. Every grew circumstantial evidenced, reconstructing the missing pint from three unrelated observations. circumstantialed (/səːkəmˈstanʃəld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and inclined to treat every incidental detail as evidentially decisive. Jivin became circumstantialed, establishing a theory from the ash on the saucer. circumstantialitied adj. Too drunk to omit a minor detail, however remote its bearing on the matter under discussion. Heiko became circumstantialitied, recording the exact order of every olive consumed. circumstantialnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rely on incidental particulars where a conclusion would ordinarily be required. Dilakshan was circumstantialnessed, building his case chiefly from the position of two chairs. circumstantiationed adj. Having drunk enough to convert each passing circumstance into support for a preferred conclusion. Leoria became circumstantiationed, making the empty glass substantiate an elaborate accusation. circumstantiatored adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with merely noticing facts, and now manufacturing their significance. Brenndon grew circumstantiatored, supplying explanations for events nobody had disputed. circumstaunced adj. Reduced by drink to treating every minor detail as an essential part of leaving. Evany went circumstaunced and included the cloakroom ticket in her account of the journey home. circumvallationed (/sɜːkəmvæˈleɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to establish a defensive perimeter around your chair and contest every approach. Deisi sat circumvallationed, defending the armchair with a glass and several objections. circumvectioned adj. You are drunk and being carried ceremonially around the premises by increasingly patient companions. circumventered adj. Drunk to the extent of bypassing the stairs, the doorway, and eventually the intended destination. Quateria became circumventered and reached the kitchen by avoiding every straightforward entrance. circumventioned (/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃənd/) adj. Of a drinker: perpetually finding a way round the question, the queue, and eventually the furniture. Blousey became circumventioned, avoiding the subject by navigating behind every available chair. circumventored adj. Describing a drinker who bypasses ordinary procedure with the confidence of someone who has forgotten it exists. Marycatherine became circumventored and entered the kitchen through the serving hatch. circumversioned adj. A drinker who completes a full rotation before conceding that the original direction was adequate. Jaiyanna became circumversioned, turning completely before attempting the staircase.