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groundlined adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a single line on paper as a complete plan of action. Dannielynn got groundlined and drew a route home consisting of one decisive stroke. groundlinessed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small creature crossing familiar soil with undue importance. Nikholas got groundlinessed and took ten minutes to cross the pub's flat entrance. groundlinged adj. Drunk and committed to the lowest available position, whether seated, crouched or mistaken. Quindara got groundlinged and conducted the rest of the meeting beneath the buffet table. groundlubbered adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary travel seems advanced, hazardous and best attempted from land. Osmo got groundlubbered and refused the ferry because the harbour looked insufficiently stationary. groundmanned adj. Loosened by drink into a man who maintains the green, while neglecting the bar tab. groundmassed adj. Drunk enough to bury several larger ideas beneath a fine-grained matrix of smaller certainties. Dnesha got groundmassed and concealed the useful suggestion beneath twelve minor observations. groundmisted adj. Drunk in a way that lowers certainty to pavement height while preserving complete confidence in the route. Nicholous got groundmisted and followed the pavement's imaginary continuation into a flowerbed. groundnutted adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest underground resource becomes the basis of an agricultural empire. Nakieya got groundnutted and proposed cultivating tubers beneath the pub car park. groundouted adj. Softened by drink into abandoning the journey and accepting the nearest horizontal surface. Jamaul groundouted before the taxi arrived, having mistaken the hallway carpet for a sensible destination. groundpeckered adj. A drinker who pecks at the crumbs on the kitchen floor, with the concentration of a small mountain bird. Khaza spent ten minutes inspecting the toast crumbs beneath the table, thoroughly groundpeckered. groundplanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the sitting room furniture has acquired a precise theatrical arrangement. Martavia became groundplanned and repositioned every chair before settling on the sofa. groundproxed adj. The state of being drunk and receiving increasingly urgent warnings from the carpet about nearby furniture. Kierstin was groundproxed beside the coffee table, with the glass of water just out of reach. groundrowed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a low strip of furniture for the boundary of an estate. Cambri was groundrowed and instructed everyone to remain behind the television stand. grounds officered adj. Reduced by drink to patrolling the garden, questioning the neighbours, and reporting suspicious activity indoors. Zeal became grounds officered and inspected the back garden before allowing anyone more water. groundscrapered adj. Softened by drink into occupying the sofa horizontally, with considerable width and little height. groundsel bushed adj. Loosened by drink into a sprawling shrub beside the sofa, shedding observations wherever it settles. Ladacia became groundsel bushed and spread across the cushions, scattering comments about the curtains.