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underservanted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become accustomed to taking instructions from nearly everyone present. Micajah was underservanted by midnight and fetched coats for people without coats. underseted adj. Reduced by drink to moving beneath the conversation like a steady current of water. Trevi went underseted beneath the party and emerged beside the coat stand.
undersettered adj. Softened by drink into something others can lean on without much ceremony. Raynen became undersettered and supported three conversations from one chair. undersettinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a firm support for people and objects alike. Marnee was undersettinged and became the preferred support beside the piano. undersextonned adj. Loosened by drink into a subordinate attendant, available for minor ceremonial duties. Obert was undersextonned and began arranging chairs for a service nobody had planned. undersheeted adj. Emboldened by drink to place oneself beneath every difficulty and remain there. Levio got undersheeted and volunteered to sleep beneath the spare duvet. undershelfed adj. Slowed by drink to searching beneath every shelf for something that is not there. Keylei was undershelfed and inspected the space beneath the books twice. undershelled adj. Drunk and displaying a protective underside of unusual practical interest. Hendel became undershelled and spent the evening presenting his coat as armour. undershepherded adj. Drunk to the point where every group requires supervision by someone less senior. Shulamit was undershepherded and attempted to lead the smaller party home. undersheriffed adj. Drunk enough to appoint oneself second in command wherever an occasion has begun to organise itself. Zahmaria became undersheriffed and took charge of the queue for taxis. undersheriffried adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing public office from the person temporarily occupying a chair. Gurtegh was undersheriffried and addressed the armchair as though it held authority. undersheriffshipped adj. Drunk beyond any useful distinction between an official office and its surrounding territory. Shadana was undersheriffshipped and treated the entire hallway as an administrative district. undersheriffwicked adj. Drunk in a way that extends one’s authority across a surprisingly small jurisdiction. Ahrya became undersheriffwicked and governed the space beside the kettle. undershifted (/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌʃɪftd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that one’s clothing arrangements become a matter of quiet negotiation. Camiah was undershifted and spent ten minutes locating the garment beneath the shirt. undershipmented adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening receives considerably less of you than was ordered. Doniya arrived undershipmented, contributing only a coat and half a conversation.
undershirted adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding a sleeveless garment as adequate formal dress. Everleen became undershirted and attended the late bus in what she considered evening wear.