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smooth functioned adj. Of a drinker: every stage of the journey home remains differentiable, though none is advisable. Conn was smooth functioned after the third round, changing direction continuously towards the station. smooth green snaked adj. Of a drinker who has shed all venom and is quietly winding towards home. smooth handfished adj. Describing a drinker who has abandoned walking properly and advances by small, uncertain gestures. Keiarra went smooth handfished from the bar to the taxi, reaching for each piece of furniture. smooth hounded adj. A drinker who has acquired a coastal patrol's patient circuit of the taxi rank. smooth jazzed adj. The state of being drunk and blending every conversation into a soft rhythm for the journey home. Raemond became smooth jazzed after last orders, discussing coats in an unhurried, syncopated murmur. smooth leatherjacketed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become difficult to steer and unexpectedly angular at the exit. Fairah got smooth leatherjacketed while collecting her coat and resisted every route to the station. smooth loofahed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been thoroughly wrung out and is now fit only for the journey home. Sharnel was smooth loofahed after last orders and boarded the night bus without removing her coat. smooth manifolded adj. Drunk since last orders, and differentiable at every conversational point, without corners or recoverable direction. Fariya spent the evening smooth manifolded, changing subjects without producing a discontinuity. smooth mudaliaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and retreating into a polished shell whenever addressed directly. Floe became smooth mudaliaed and answered every question from somewhere beneath the conversation. smooth muscled adj. Drunk by closing time, and contracting involuntarily whenever the conversation reaches the subject of leaving. smooth newted adj. Still drunk, and inclined to emerge damply from one hiding-place before disappearing into another. smooth operatored adj. Too drunk to negotiate gracefully, though still capable of persuading strangers that this was deliberate. smooth sailinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every difficulty as merely a minor nautical irregularity. smooth snaked adj. Having drunk enough to proceed in a long, harmless line, alarming only those unfamiliar with the route. smooth soled adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with traction, and traversing the room with the dignity of a flatfish. smooth talked adj. You have drunk enough to offer glib assurances so polished that their complete lack of substance escapes notice.