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quasilatticed adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged cushions and coasters in long-range order without aligning anything nearby. Jayant was quasilatticed, creating a careful pattern across the sofa while misplacing each coaster. quasilikelihooded adj. A drinker who considers it apparently likely that the glass of water will refill itself. Brom was quasilikelihooded, waiting beside the sofa for the empty tumbler to become useful. quasilinearisationed adj. The state of being drunk and reducing every domestic journey to an approximately straight line. Garvice was quasilinearisationed, taking the shortest-looking route to the sofa through a chair. quasilinearitied adj. A drinker so far gone that the route from kitchen to sofa has become almost, but not entirely, straight. Cayden was quasilinearitied, following a nearly direct path that included the bathroom. quasilinearizationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has simplified the journey to the sofa, but not the journey itself. Haruko was quasilinearizationed, walking directly towards the sofa until the wall intervened. quasiliteracied adj. The drunkenness of one who can almost read the label on the glass cleaner, but not quite. Clodagh was quasiliteracied, consulting the washing-up instructions as though they were a novel. quasiliterated adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to read the bar tariff but not the dartboard scores. Deboarh got quasiliterated and read the crisps menu aloud as though it were the evening paper. quasimeasured adj. Drunk by the third round, and estimating every measure generously while insisting the figures are sound. Odie became quasimeasured and declared the landlord's optics substantially short of the mark. quasimetricked adj. Drunk by closing time, and observing every pub distance except the one between the stool and the floor. Leland was quasimetricked, judging the bar's angles accurately but missing the step entirely. quasiminimalitied adj. Still drunk, and reduced to the fewest possible words while retaining several unnecessary qualifications. Najae was quasiminimalitied, answering the landlord with one word and three explanatory gestures. quasimoded adj. Too drunk to release the button, the pump, or any conversation once activated. Ariyah was quasimoded at the bar, holding the pump handle down long after the glass had filled. quasimodularitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to fit each conversation neatly into pieces that nearly, but not quite, belong together. Trayshon was quasimodularitied, moving from football to roofing without finding the connecting thought. quasimoleculed adj. Having drunk enough to become a temporary social compound, held together by several incompatible companions. Penrose went quasimoleculed after the lock-in, attached to three conversations at once. quasimomentumed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and carrying its own momentum between tables. Bexleigh became quasimomentumed and continued past the bar despite having finished his errand. quasimoneyed adj. You are drunk and regarding anything that might buy a drink as nearly money. Tayvien became quasimoneyed and arranged his receipts in the manner of a cash reserve. quasimooned adj. The drunkenness of one who remains in the household's orbit, visible through the curtains but not properly present. Braston was quasimooned, hovering near the kitchen and contributing nothing to the recovery effort.