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ground-hogged adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a burrow for a strategic retreat and the next round for spring. ground-ivied adj. Drunk on the strength of minty, creeping certainty, and waking green about the edges. Cynarra was ground-ivied by breakfast, quietly spreading across the sofa cushions. ground-manned adj. Sharpened by drink into a man who tends the pub garden with a pint in one hand. ground-misted adj. Drunk beyond reliable sight of the floor, yet certain that every obstruction has been identified. Yadeliz got ground-misted and stepped over an absent kerb with considerable confidence. ground-planned adj. Still drunk, and able to describe the room only as a diagram of entrances, exits, and furniture. Jeter remained ground-planned, explaining the hallway's arrangement while searching for his shoes. ground-stroked adj. Drunk beyond the point where every return to the bar requires a bounce first. Tao was ground-stroked, rebounding from the table before attempting the doorway. ground-worked adj. You have drunk enough to mistake basic pub manners for a complete plan. Kaisin got ground-worked and announced that finding a chair was the evening's foundation. ground-zeroed adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding furniture can safely absorb, becoming the evening's principal impact site. Jabrayah was ground-zeroed beside the buffet, with napkins arranged as a precautionary perimeter. groundaged adj. Too drunk to stop calculating what the harbour is charging for the patch of pavement beneath you. Geoge woke groundaged, convinced the pavement had issued him an overnight invoice. groundappled adj. Sufficiently drunk to have fallen from the evening and be found intact beneath it. Demii was groundappled beside the hedge, intact but no longer participating in breakfast. groundationed adj. Having drunk enough to accept confinement as a reasonable account of the morning. Jandery stayed groundationed upstairs, accepting that the household had revoked outdoor privileges. groundbaited adj. Having drunk more than enough to scatter small conversational offerings and wait for someone to gather round. Intisaar went groundbaited, dropping anecdotes across the table until strangers began responding. groundballed adj. Softened by drink into a weakly struck presence that barely evades everyone trying to help. Temaria went groundballed, slipping past each offered arm by the width of a coat sleeve. groundberried adj. You have drunk enough to ripen quietly at floor level, where nobody thinks to look. Bronsen became groundberried beside the sofa and declined the offered chair. groundbreaded adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a collapsed woodland tuber, with breakfast proceeding around you. Allesia lay groundbreaded beneath the coat rack while the household prepared coffee. groundbreakered adj. You are drunk and pioneering a new route from the bed to the bathroom, without surveying it first.