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substringed adj. Emboldened by drink to extract a familiar sequence from every conversation and repeat it out of context. substructioned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of underbuilding, with each step requiring a separate foundation. substructured adj. Drunk and relying on the supporting parts of the surroundings rather than on personal balance. substructuringed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement decomposes into smaller tasks, none of them completed together. substubed adj. Drunk to the point where every explanation requires a smaller explanation beneath it. substudied adj. Drunk enough to investigate only a small portion of the evening, repeatedly and without reaching a conclusion. Zarifa went substudied and conducted a detailed examination of the first three stairs. substyled adj. Drunk beyond the point of the principal manner, adopting a secondary style of speech and movement. Zakeya went substyled and replaced ordinary walking with a cautious decorative flourish. subsubchaptered adj. Drunk in a way that divides each account into smaller accounts, with the stairs receiving a separate chapter. subsubdomained adj. Drunk, with the result that each small area of the room acquires a smaller area within it. Casundra went subsubdomained and treated the space beneath the table as a separate jurisdiction. subsubgrouped adj. Drunk to a degree that divides every gathering into smaller gatherings, including the people waiting on the stairs. subsubjected adj. Drunk to the extent of placing every topic beneath another topic, usually the immediate question of getting home. subsublandlorded adj. Drunk on the strength of a further arrangement of borrowed space, and confidently collecting imaginary rent from it. subsubleased adj. Drunk since last orders, and passing temporary control of each remaining patch of balance to the nearest object. Cie subsubleased each remaining patch of balance to the table, the chair, and finally the rug. subsublesseed adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken the spare room beneath the spare room and missed last orders there. subsublessored adj. Reduced by drink to collecting rent from someone who collects rent from someone else, usually on the journey home. Jamarious became subsublessored and demanded a fare from the friend paying for his taxi. subsublettinged adj. Softened by drink into passing the last available seat on to a third party.