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inverse functioned adj. Drunk and reversing every social action, greeting departures and leaving introductions. Loften was inverse functioned, waving goodbye whenever someone arrived. inverse hyperbolic functioned adj. Drunk to the point where every modest gesture acquires the geometry of a grand departure. Brookelyn was inverse hyperbolic functioned, making a sweeping arc towards the cloakroom. inverse imaged adj. Drunk enough to locate every consequence by tracing it back to the wrong cause. inverse kinematicsed adj. Drunk beyond recovering how the body reached the chair, though the final position is clear. Kunal was inverse kinematicsed, reconstructing his route from a bent umbrella and one shoe. inverse limited adj. Drunk in a way that makes every scattered thought converge on the same leftover chip. Murry was inverse limited, drawing all conversation towards a single cold chip. inverse matrixed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to restore order merely returns the same disorder. inverse proportioned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming less coherent as the confidence of the announcement increases. inverse semigrouped adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated reversals, each restoring the person to the same doorway. inverse sined adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring the walk home by increasingly dignified arcs. inverse spellinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and confidently writing the word as it sounds after a disagreement. Pier-alexandre was inverse spellinged and amended the menu with phonetic authority. inverse systemed adj. Reduced by drink to taking instructions from whichever stranger last entered the room. inverse tangented adj. Softened by drink into agreeing with both sides of an argument, provided neither side raises its voice. inverse trigonometric functioned adj. Sharpened by drink into finding the correct angle for every conversation, usually after it had passed. Keetra went inverse trigonometric functioned and entered each discussion at precisely the wrong angle. inverse videoed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every private remark as public display, with the contrast plainly visible. Flavia got inverse videoed and repeated Yakira's quiet observation across the whole table. inverse-square lawed adj. Emboldened by drink to address the nearest person twice as loudly whenever they moved twice as far away. inversed (/ɪnˈvɝsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the evening backwards and put the coat on first. Denishea was inversed, attempting to leave before finding the table.