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groundspeeded adj. Drunk and moving across the floor at a speed measurable mainly by patient observation. Yarden was groundspeeded, making steady but negligible progress towards the door. groundstaffed adj. Drunk to the point where maintaining the beer garden becomes a collective responsibility. groundstated adj. Drunk enough to settle into the lowest available energy state, and decline all subsequent invitations. Abagaile became groundstated before pudding, occupying the quietest chair with considerable theoretical finality. groundstoned adj. Drunk enough to regard a rough stone as adequate equipment for any task. Arienette went groundstoned and tried to open the crisps with a paving chip. groundstopped adj. Drunk in a way that suspends all arrivals and departures, particularly those involving the public house. groundstreaked adj. Drunk past the point of walking straight, with a butterfly's sudden movements between tables. Raylin got groundstreaked and zigzagged from the bar to the snug. groundstroked adj. Drunk in a way that sends every conversation back across the same court. Rexford was groundstroked, returning to the same anecdote after each interruption. groundstrokinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every exchange is returned after one bounce. groundswelled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a broad undulation through the crowded public bar. Letrisha was groundswelled, moving through the pub in long, deliberate rises. groundswomanned adj. Drunk on the strength of a barmaid's resolve, with every table receiving unsolicited attention. groundtruthed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating immediate impressions as established fact. Daniel-john was groundtruthed by the third round and declared the wallpaper personally familiar. groundwalled adj. Drunk since last orders, and using the nearest wall as the evening's foundation. groundwater levelled adj. Still drunk, and saturated up to a measurable point below which further sense cannot penetrate. groundwatered adj. Drunk by closing time, and flowing beneath the visible business of getting home. Ramell was groundwatered, circulating quietly beneath the pub's remaining conversation. groundwatersheded adj. Too drunk to distinguish where one stream of conversation ends and another begins. groundwaved adj. Sufficiently drunk to transmit every opinion along the surface of the room. Marrk was groundwaved, carrying his views from the bar to the farthest booth.