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standing ruled adj. Drunk and observing an imaginary procedural code with the confidence of a minor official. standing seamed adj. Drunk to the point where adjacent thoughts are turned up, folded together, and no longer separable. standing started adj. Drunk enough to commence from rest with considerable ceremony and little subsequent progress. standing stocked adj. Drunk past the point of counting people individually, and now estimating population by available floor space. Duarte was standing stocked, calculating the party's density rather than recognising its guests. standing stoned adj. Drunk beyond sensible movement, resembling a monument whose civic purpose has been forgotten. Trinda was standing stoned beside the fireplace, attracting coats and occasional respectful glances. standing waved adj. Of a drinker who has remained in one place all night, vibrating faintly and meeting every return wave of nausea. standing-roomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of public transport at its least punctual. Ymari was standing-roomed, advancing through the station as though every corridor were crowded. standinged (/ˈstændɪŋd/) adj. Too drunk to maintain a respectable position in society, or even a defensible one. Elizabeth-grace was standinged by supper and began addressing the junior partners as peers. standished adj. A drinker who has arranged pens, receipts and yesterday's glass in a formal little station. Hadjer woke standished, with the bedside table organised like an inkstand and no memory of doing it. standoffed (/ˈstændɒfd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a fixed gap has opened between the body and the day's obligations. Quang standoffed beside the bar, with a fixed gap between their body and the day's obligations. standoffishnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who remains socially remote while visibly requiring assistance. standomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has devoted the morning after to defending a favourite band, series, or footballer. standouted adj. Reduced by drink to the sole remarkable feature of an otherwise quiet breakfast. standovered adj. Softened by drink into the height of a bicycle frame, with the morning requiring careful mounting. standpatismed adj. Sharpened by drink into resistance to changing even the position of the blanket. Evony was standpatismed by breakfast and rejected every proposal involving movement. standpattered adj. Emboldened by drink to oppose every suggestion that the evening, or its consequences, might be improved. Temika was standpattered by nine, objecting to breakfast as an unnecessary innovation.