halfful

halfful

English

Etymology

half +‎ -ful

Adjective

halfful (comparative more halfful, superlative most halfful)

1. Alternative form of half full
   • 1966, Frank Elli, The Riot, page 124:

     Rick had a halfful gallon can in his hands.

   • 2000, Gerald Lewis Bray, Tudor Church Reform:

     A probable presumption being holpen by the affirmation of anyone witness, or with any halfful proof, doth make faith and persuadeth.

   • 2009, Sallie Brooker, Psalms of Revelations:

     When I looked down on the floor in the den, I saw a carton of orange juice and a bottle of vodka with a glass halfful of vodka and orange juice.