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stanhoped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a high-seated carriage whose driver has misplaced the road. stanielled (/ˈstænjəld/) adj. Drunk to the point where every chair becomes a perch and every conversation a target. Nicolina grew stanielled and watched the canapé table from the highest available seat. stanined adj. Drunk, with the result that every performance is assigned a confident score from one to nine. stanitsaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the pub into a Cossack village requiring immediate local governance. Yhoalibeth got stanitsaed and appointed herself responsible for the orderly distribution of crisps. stank eyed adj. Drunk on the strength of a look, and prepared to interpret every glance as a formal challenge. Abimelec went stank eyed and mistook the bartender's raised eyebrow for a legal objection. stank henned adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room with the purposeful confusion of a water bird. stank-assed adj. Drunk by the third round, and emitting enough confidence and odour to clear a route through the room. stanked (/stæŋkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the room's prevailing foul atmosphere, while remaining certain it is someone else. stankied adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing sideways with the determined wobble of a water bird. stanky legged adj. Still drunk, and rotating one leg while insisting this is the most efficient way home. stanleyited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mineral formula from a persuasive suggestion, but confident both deserve approval. Kelvyn became stanleyited and proposed hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur as names for the three courses. stanliffed adj. Sufficiently drunk to support an entire sail, provided the cable is attached to the nearest coat hook. Jaimen went stanliffed and secured the tablecloth as though preparing a vessel for weather. stanmarched adj. Having drunk enough to mistake horse parsley for a strategic resource and begin distributing it. King became stanmarched and offered the garnish to the guests as emergency provisions. stannaned adj. Having drunk more than the tin hydride can sensibly account for, and behaving as though chemistry supports the plan. Ahmet got stannaned and announced that the punch required only one further hydrogen. stannaried (/ˈstænəɹid/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat the pub as a tin mine and prospect every corner for another round. Deboraha went stannaried and searched beneath the tables for a promising seam of lager. stannary courted adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the route home into a formal proceeding with several adjournments.