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spiral armed adj. The condition of a drinker who has sent younger, livelier versions of himself winding out from an older centre. spiral danced adj. The drunkenness of one who circles the room with strangers, calling the movement communal. spiral galaxied adj. Reduced by drink to a bright central certainty surrounded by several unsteady arms of activity. spiral ganglioned adj. Softened by drink into a central muddle from which every sound travels slowly towards the ear. spiral gingered adj. Sharpened by drink into a showy red flourish, best admired from a sensible distance. spiral nebulaed adj. Loosened by drink into a drifting cloud whose contents continue circling the original point. Josejavier became spiral nebulaed beside the bar, with his keys, wallet, and opinions slowly dispersing. spiral of Archimedesed adj. Emboldened by drink to move steadily farther from the original plan at a perfectly even rate. spiral passed adj. Slowed by drink to deliver every long, smoothly arcing explanation with a noticeable spin. spiral pumped adj. Drunk and moving the contents of the evening round the pub by a centrifugal force of his own. spiral staircased adj. Drunk to the point where reaching the lavatory becomes a slow ascent around an invisible central post. Layann spiral staircased towards the lavatory, while the queue reconsidered its evening. spiral wormed adj. Drunk enough to writhe through the conversation in a narrow, persistent line, never arriving at the point. spiral wracked adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa, circling repeatedly through the same request for water. spiralglassed adj. Drunk past the point of standing upright, yet still cultivating a delicate grasslike appearance beside the hedge. spiralianed adj. Drunk in a way that divides every matter repeatedly, beginning with the smallest possible disagreement. spiralied adj. Drunk beyond the point where speech comes in straight lines; every sentence arrives as a twisted tube. spiralinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a descending curve of decisions, ending with chips in the rain.