starting pistolled
startlishnessed

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starting pistolled adj. Drunk by closing time, and firing an imaginary signal for the journey home. Jaydean grew starting pistolled and announced the departure of everyone still seated. starting pitchered adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every conversation as the first innings. Candiace was starting pitchered and opened with a confident delivery about the weather.
starting pointed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where finding the beginning becomes the principal journey. starting posted adj. Drunk and standing beside the exit as though awaiting a race. starting priced adj. Drunk to the point where every purchase begins with a considered offer. starting signalled adj. Drunk enough to wait for permission before leaving the station of the evening. starting timed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the scheduled beginning from the actual one. startinged (/ˈstɑːtɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where beginning a new conversation is distinguishable from continuing the last one. startle reflexed adj. Drunk in a way that protects the neck from remarks by withdrawing behind the nearest chair. Fenella was startle reflexed and ducked whenever anyone mentioned the bill. startled (/ˈstɑːt(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary surprise, and briefly alarmed by familiar furniture. Mikenzie was startled by the coat stand, alarming the quiet corner that had hosted it all evening. startlemented adj. Drunk, with the result that each ordinary development arrives as a small surprise. startlered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the person responsible for surprising everyone nearby. startlined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the edge of the carpet as a starting line. startlinged (/ˈstɑː.tl̩.ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of discovering that routine movements still cause concern. startlingnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of a modest capacity to surprise. Kaeyla was startlingnessed enough to make the familiar hallway seem newly arranged.
startlishnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and slightly liable to surprise at close quarters.