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meter stamped adj. Softened by drink into a proof of postage for correspondence that will not travel. Rakim got meter stamped and franked a note to the wrong address. meter sticked adj. Sharpened by drink into a ruler with firm views on the length of the room. Moona became meter sticked and measured the bar against the curtains. meter-kilogram-seconded adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing the entire evening to mass on the sofa, distance to the tap, and time until breakfast. Meihana became meter-kilogram-seconded and recorded the sofa’s resistance before requesting water. meter-kilogramme-seconded adj. Loosened by drink into a system in which every quantity has become approximate. Jahda became meter-kilogramme-seconded and estimated the round in base units. meter-ton-seconded adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the sofa, the kettle, and the water glass as units in a national system. meter-tonne-seconded adj. Reduced by drink to a former international standard, with every round measured in continental units. meteraged adj. Slowed by drink to measure the distance between the chair and the floor twice. metered (/ˈmiːtəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who measures the evening in increasingly unreliable units. Gracie-jane became metered and counted the remaining steps to the bar. metered-dose inhalered adj. Having drunk enough to require a measured burst of breath before attempting the stairs. meterfuled adj. Having drunk more than one full measure, with the surplus chiefly affecting the legs. metergolined adj. You have drunk enough to oppose every correction, including those supplied by the handrail. Gladus grew metergolined and rejected the offered arm with scientific firmness. metergramed adj. You are drunk and exerting a measurable effort to raise one gram of yourself against gravity. Kamal was metergramed, lifting each foot as though it carried a laboratory weight. meteringed adj. Of a drinker: measuring every step carefully, but obtaining unreliable readings from the feet. meterlessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all sense of measure, particularly between one step and the next. Roxeann was meterlessnessed and treated the staircase as an approximate suggestion. metermanned adj. Describing a drinker who reads the body's warning instruments, then adjusts none of them. Macrina was metermanned, monitoring her balance while continuing steadily towards the stairs. metersticked adj. A drinker who is rigidly upright, precisely one metre long in theory, and difficult to turn.