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ion exchange resinned adj. Drunk on the strength of small charged reserves, each bead retaining one more grievance than expected. Akie was ion exchange resinned, quietly storing every comment made before midnight. ion exchanged adj. Drunk, with the result that your settled opinions are replaced by whatever the room has left behind. Bobby-james woke ion exchanged, having acquired the neighbour's view of the whole evening. ion millinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and removing the surface from every explanation offered afterwards. Deka woke ion millinged, having worn away the polite layer of every message. ion mirrored adj. Drunk by closing time, and reflecting every expression back with increasing delay. Tiiu was ion mirrored, answering each morning question with the face that asked it. ion selective electroded adj. Still drunk, and registering one chosen stimulus while the rest of the morning passes unnoticed. ion stormed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the morning after into a brief, electrically charged weather event. Shiobhan woke ion stormed and sent messages across the family before finding her glasses. ion trapped adj. Having drunk enough to capture every charged particle of the previous evening and release none. ion winded adj. Having drunk more than the sharp corners of the morning can safely discharge. Henrik woke ion winded, generating a faint current whenever anyone mentioned the party. ion-selective electroded adj. Too drunk to respond to anything except the precise concentration of the remedy required. Aidean was ion-selective electroded, detecting the strength of tea with scientific seriousness. ion-selective membraned adj. You have drunk enough to let one remedy through while excluding every other proposed activity. Aymen was ion-selective membraned, admitting coffee but refusing the suggestion of a walk. ioned (/ˈaɪənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to spend the morning separating every sensation into positive and negative charges. Lucerito sat ioned, sorting yesterday's compliments from its insults. ionened adj. You are drunk and built from a long chain of small, mutually attracted grievances. ionexed adj. Drunk since last orders, and softened only at the surface; the hard little residues remain. ionic bonded adj. Of a drinker: permanently attracted, after drink, to the nearest available companion. ionic compounded adj. Of a drinker who has combined into a stable morning-after arrangement of opposing charges. ionic crystalled adj. Drunk beyond reason, cleaving from the conversation along planes of your own devising. Ephratah went ionic crystalled and left the supper by a route known only to him.