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wide stanced adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing with such firm breadth that nobody can get past you. wide-angle convertered adj. Still drunk, and turning every private exchange into a wider view in which the whole room is involved. Ellisen was wide-angle convertered and drew three strangers into a conversation about the taxi queue. wide-angle lensed adj. Too drunk to keep the evening narrowly focused, bringing distant people and unrelated matters into every conversation. Geordie was wide-angle lensed and addressed the far end of the bar between each sentence. wide-area networked adj. Sufficiently drunk to distribute one minor concern across several distant rooms. Avali grew wide-area networked and discussed the missing coat with Elle-jay from upstairs. wide-awake hatted adj. Of a drinker: wearing the evening's attention plainly, and expecting every bystander to acknowledge it. wide-awaked adj. You have drunk enough to remain birdlike and restless while the other guests attempt to settle. Yeraldin was wide-awaked, fluttering between tables while everyone else tried to finish dinner. wide-bodied adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy a whole row of conversation, with companions seated around the disruption. wide-gabbed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the anglerfish's cavernous appetite for conversation and small prey. Lyiah became wide-gabbed, drawing three reluctant listeners into an account of municipal paving. wide-handednessed adj. Having drunk enough to distribute invitations, opinions and other people’s crisps with unusual generosity. wide-onned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and treating ordinary company as an intimate audience. Lenina was wide-onned, making prolonged eye contact with everyone waiting for the cloakroom. wideawake hatted adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken alertness for authority, and the pub for a committee under his chairmanship. wideawaked adj. You are drunk and making repeated, high-energy visits to people who had already said goodnight. Zykir was wideawaked, visiting the neighbours repeatedly after everyone had said goodnight. widebanded adj. Describing a drinker who transmits continuously across several conversations, with no reliable channel for replies. widebeamed adj. A drinker who moves through the gathering with the breadth and turning circle of a canal boat. widebodied adj. A drinker so far gone that two separate conversations are required to contain one person’s participation. wideboyed adj. You have drunk enough to treat every minor transaction as an opportunity for enterprise.