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quasi-synonymed adj. Still drunk, and treating headache, regret, and thirst as interchangeable names for one condition. Lacresha was quasi-synonymed, using headache and dehydration as though they meant precisely the same thing. quasi-three-dimensionalitied adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every room as having an extra direction, and walking accordingly. quasi-two-dimensionalitied adj. Loosened by drink into treating solid objects as if they had only a front and a back. quasianalyticitied adj. Emboldened by drink to infer the entire evening from one reassuringly smooth detail. Jamarques got quasianalyticitied and declared the silent table mathematically pleased with him. quasibialgebraed adj. Slowed by drink to permit each thought to associate with the next only approximately. quasibosonned adj. Drunk and behaving as though several people may occupy the same conversation without objection. quasibrittlenessed adj. Drunk to the point where confidence appears solid until the first ordinary question reaches it. quasicentroided adj. Drunk enough to place every conversation at the supposed centre, including those taking place elsewhere. quasicircled adj. Drunk past the point of following a curved route without insisting it was deliberate. quasiconcavitied adj. Drunk beyond trusting a surface to remain level, particularly when making important declarations upon it. Timora became quasiconcavitied and placed her solemn apology in the centre of a dipping table. quasicondensated adj. Drunk in a way that gives the person some properties of a crowd, without quite becoming one. quasicondensationed adj. Drunk, with the result that separate intentions collect into one poorly tested plan. Hobby became quasicondensationed and merged supper, karaoke and a furniture purchase. quasiconformalitied adj. Drunk to a degree that preserves the general shape of good manners while distorting every detail. quasicontinuumed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating pauses, changes of subject and departures as minor irregularities. quasiconverbed adj. Drunk since last orders, and making each action serve as an adverb for the next. quasiconvexitied adj. Drunk by the third round, and certain that any route away from trouble remains safely within the plan. Zenna became quasiconvexitied and found a direct route through the flowerbed entirely reasonable.