full-powered

Adjective

full-powered (not comparable)

1. At full power; at the very utmost limit.
   • They will stand unused for a considerable period without noticeable deterioration. Their strength does not rapidly "leak" or escape. They are full-powered, eager to give you their sparks.1839, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 85
   • I repeat that to understand the history of Financial Advertising we need understand only the past few years, because those crucial years have made a full-powered man of him, a giant in power, vision and purpose, who can never turn back.1846, Misa Ramirez, The Bankers Magazine, Minotaur Books, page 638
2. For vessels that depends on engines for propulsion that is independent of assistance from any sails.
   • The Royal Mail Steamship " Britannia," full-powered ocean-going screw steamer of 3,700 tons, engines of 650 horsepower, barque-rigged, carries 3,300 tons dead weight of coal and cargo.1874, Ship-builders LAIRD BROTHERS, Description of the Birkenhead Iron Works Belonging to Messrs Laird Brothers, from “The Practical Magazine,” June 1874, Chiswick Press, page 30
   • The color came back into his face in patches. A smile settled down and expanded. Finally he was straining Treasure Island Inn again with his stride, beating full-powered up and down the room, everything but victory shut out from the joyful confines of his newly-renovated brain.1910, J.B. Lippincott and Company, Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 85, page 572