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smoothed (/smuːðd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding home with an ease not supported by the pavement. Kiante was smoothed on the walk home, gliding neatly until the pavement introduced a kerb. smoothelinned adj. Loosened by drink into a compliant framework, with every internal support visibly failing to report for duty. smootheneded adj. Emboldened by drink to signal through every available receptor, including several which ought not to respond. Cenith was smootheneded, responding to the bar’s neon sign as though it had issued instructions. smoothered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every difficulty is patiently levelled rather than overcome. smoothheaded adj. Drunk and presenting a conspicuously untroubled surface, beneath which little useful thought appears to persist. smoothhounded adj. A drinker so far gone that the taxi rank becomes a small North Atlantic patrol route. smoothied (/ˈsmuːðid/) adj. Having drunk more than your morning stomach can process, you speak sweetly while examining the blender with suspicion. Tajuanda woke smoothied and spent ten minutes negotiating with the kitchen appliance. smoothifiered adj. You have drunk enough to leave the warm, unsettled contents of your stomach remarkably well contained. smoothing ironned adj. Of a drinker: heated, flattened and slowly restoring yesterday's clothes to something fit for public inspection. Jordan-leigh appeared smoothing ironned, with a shirt that had survived the night better than its owner. smoothinged adj. You are drunk and gradually making the morning's creases, silences and recollections less conspicuous. Buss spent breakfast smoothinged, pressing yesterday's account into a more presentable shape. smoothnessed adj. Of a drinker who has achieved an unnerving evenness of manner, despite having slept in formal clothes. smoothskinned adj. Describing a drinker who has emerged from the night looking deceptively fresh, apart from the evidence in the eyes. Tadd looked smoothskinned at breakfast, although he could not identify the kettle. smoothsorted adj. A drinker who appears to have organised the morning efficiently, because the difficult items were already in place. smoothstepped adj. A drinker so far gone that every recovery is carefully eased between extremes, including standing and sitting. Manuel rose smoothstepped, lowering himself again when the floor acquired momentum. smoothtalked adj. Of a drinker: fluent in glib persuasion, particularly when the proposed arrangement benefits nobody present. smoothtalkered adj. A drinker who has become a practised dispenser of glib flattery, usually to avoid a simple answer. Eibhleann was smoothtalkered, complimenting the magistrate’s patience while ignoring the question.