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quasiracismed adj. Having drunk more than enough to discriminate without possessing a theory of discrimination. Januarie was quasiracismed, reserving the best chair for whoever looked least like a chairperson. quasirandomizationed adj. You have drunk enough to distribute every remaining decision by a method that only resembles chance. Leonah was quasirandomizationed, assigning the last kebab through an elaborate system of glances. quasirandomnessed adj. You are drunk and approximately unpredictable, though the outcome remains suspiciously the same. Stennis was quasirandomnessed, varying his route home while arriving at the same neighbour's gate. quasiraped adj. Of a drinker: staging a solemnly simulated crisis, which proves to be an argument about the television. Jacqualine was quasiraped, conducting an imaginary emergency over ownership of the remote. quasiregularitied adj. Of a drinker who has achieved an approximation of order, provided nobody examines the intervals. Olushola was quasiregularitied, appearing at each doorway with almost scientific punctuality. quasirented adj. Drunk to the point where yesterday's irreversible spending continues yielding cups of water. Kristalyn was quasirented by mid-morning, drawing residual comfort from an exhausted evening. quasireversibilitied adj. Describing a drinker who can retrace the evening only by imposing stricter rules on everyone else. Amin was quasireversibilitied, reconstructing the pub crawl through increasingly confident arrival times. quasirhymed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, with the remaining words resembling one another by accident. Jabbaar woke quasirhymed, making near-rhymes of water, waiter, and whatever came next. quasisatellited adj. Drunk, with the result that you accompany the sofa through its day without actually sitting down. Cathlena was quasisatellited, following the sofa's vicinity while resisting its obvious invitation. quasiscienced adj. A drinker so far gone that every hunch is dressed as research and published at the table. Natayah became quasiscienced and cited personal experience as evidence for ordering chips. quasisolided adj. The state of being drunk and neither wholly liquid nor willing to move. Zilynn was quasisolided, retaining the shape of the armchair after everyone else had left. quasisolutioned adj. The condition of a drinker who has found an answer that works beautifully for a question nobody asked. Heli was quasisolutioned, resolving the seating problem by removing the table. quasispeciesed adj. The drunkenness of one who resembles several kinds of pub customer without decisively belonging to any. Persephony was quasispeciesed, part raconteur, part critic, and wholly attached to the bar. quasispinned adj. Softened by drink into a subatomic whirl, with the collective behaviour of someone seeking chips. Lyan was quasispinned, orbiting the takeaway counter with remarkable persistence. quasistabilitied adj. Sharpened by drink into an uncertain equilibrium, particularly around the edge of the pavement. Heda was quasistabilitied, upright in theory and dependent on the railings in practice. quasistared adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like a celestial event, beginning with a speech and ending in the cloakroom. Tayyibah was quasistared, announcing a new era before mislaying her handbag.