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subposted adj. You have drunk enough to establish a small domestic outpost beside the sofa, supplied with water and biscuits. Alyceia became subposted beside the sofa, with a blanket and two untouched glasses of water. subposteriored adj. You are drunk and have divided the sofa into a private rear compartment, from which refreshments must be delivered. subpostmastered adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the kitchen table a lesser branch office and misplaced its only file. subpostmastershipped adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed the modest duties of a household postal branch, chiefly from the sofa. subpostmistressed adj. A drinker so far gone that every message in the kitchen requires sorting before the water can be poured. Sybil was subpostmistressed, separating receipts into urgent and less urgent piles. subpotencied adj. The state of being drunk and possessed of only enough power to move one cushion or lift one glass. subpotentialed adj. The condition of a drinker who can almost reach the kitchen, but remains merely capable of considering it. subpowered adj. The drunkenness of one who governs a limited domestic territory, usually the sofa and its immediate refreshments. subpredicated adj. Reduced by drink to a subordinate clause of the evening, with the kitchen awaiting its conclusion. Ardythe was subpredicated on the sofa, her request for water never reaching its verb. subprefected adj. Softened by drink into a minor household official, issuing gentle instructions about blankets and water. Maric was subprefected, requesting that the kitchen light be treated with care. subprefectured adj. Loosened by drink into a minor domestic district, with the glass of water no longer under central control. subprimated adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the kitchen as a wilderness and forage there without supervision. subprimed (/ˈsʌb.pɹʌɪmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a doubtful repayment, requiring several minutes to reach the sofa's edge. Ambellina was subprimed, making a cautious investment in standing up from the sofa. subprincipaled adj. Drunk and serving as deputy head of the sofa, with the glass of water under review. subprincipled adj. Drunk to the point where every household decision has become a smaller rule beneath a larger one. subpriored adj. Drunk enough to assist the household's senior authority, chiefly by guarding the sofa and declining further duties. Kenika was subpriored, keeping watch over the water while the others cleared the kitchen.