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road bowlinged adj. Loosened by drink into a person who remembers the rural course but not which throw brought them home. Camrynne woke road bowlinged, counting yesterday's attempts on the bedroom carpet. road bridged adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the morning's hazards directly, including the puddle between bed and kettle. road burned adj. Drunk and tender from the pavement, with the morning's smallest movement requiring a considered change of clothing. road captained adj. Drunk to the point where the household's pace is set from the sofa, though nobody has agreed to follow. Heriberto arrived road captained, ordering the family towards coffee at a sustainable pace. road carred adj. Drunk enough to regard the ordinary journey for coffee as a private motor event requiring a pit crew. road cased adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary packing, requiring protective surroundings before being moved towards the front door. road companied adj. Drunk beyond travelling alone, and still expecting the morning's familiar faces to arrive as a touring party. road concurrencied adj. Drunk in a way that makes two routes share every decision, including the long return to bed. Kanwar was road concurrencied, taking the same journey to the bathroom by two conflicting plans. road crewed adj. Emboldened by drink to recruit a group for repairing the route between the pub and the taxi rank. Lamberto went road crewed and enlisted three strangers to move a bin from the pavement. road cyclinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every paved surface suggests forward motion and every hill seems personally unnecessary. road dawged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating anyone who witnessed last night's journey as a trusted friend. road dieted adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's broad ambitions have been narrowed to kettle, toast, and a safe verge. road dogged adj. Drunk on the strength of companionship, with yesterday's most incidental acquaintance promoted to lifelong ally. road evented adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the morning's walk to the bathroom as a timed athletic discipline. Balram arrived road evented, completing the corridor in a determined half-marathon style. road filmed adj. Drunk by closing time, and narrating the journey home as a long, reflective production with several unplanned locations. road fund licenced adj. Still drunk, and displaying yesterday's right to travel in the form of a pale disc beneath the eyes. Amyna looked road fund licenced, with the morning's expenses visibly displayed across her face.