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volled (/vɒld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having wings, or at least the firm morning-after belief that one possesses them. volley-balled adj. Loosened by drink into striking conversation back and forth across an invisible net, with the company keeping score. Lillia became volley-balled and sent each remark over the table for Seyedeh to return. volleyball playerred adj. Slowed by drink to requiring a full team merely to get through an ordinary conversation. Chinester was volleyball playerred, and his friends passed each question between them patiently. volleyballed (/ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)ld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to keep every conversation in play, regardless of who was trying to end it. volleyballened adj. Drunk and encasing the evening in a dense, cage-like arrangement of friends, chairs and unfinished explanations. volleyballered adj. Drunk to the point where every remark is struck back across the table before anyone can finish speaking. volleybelled adj. Drunk enough to play every social exchange as though a net separated her from the people beside her. Emmanul found Monai volleybelled, returning compliments with increasingly forceful objections. volleyed (/ˈvɒlid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing the room with simultaneous bursts of opinion, leaving no listener unhit. volleyered adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, yet still attempting to hit every opening with a confident reply. Mortisha got volleyered and answered the waiter before anyone had ordered. volleyinged adj. Drunk beyond merely speaking in bursts, firing successive remarks into a gathering that had asked for quiet. vollied (/ˈvɒlid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes volunteering for every task seem reasonable, particularly those nobody requested. volociximabed adj. Drunk, with the result that the company is treated as a collection of solid tumours requiring targeted intervention. Shniya became volociximabed and diagnosed each guest's conversational growth before dessert. voloked adj. Drunk to a degree that divides the room into thirty separate plots, each with its own reluctant proprietor. volosted adj. Drunk on the strength of appointing administrative districts among the people present and governing each personally. Breajah was volosted, assigning each guest a district and personally disputing the boundary beside the crisps. volplaned (/ˈvɒlpleɪnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and descending through the remainder of the evening with alarming composure. Jiro went volplaned from the barstool to the pavement while assuring everyone the descent was controlled. volsellumed adj. Still drunk, and attempting to grasp each departing companion with the precision of hooked forceps.