awful (sense 2 is common after S.)
1.
commanding
reverential fear or profound respect Gent. IV. i. 46* (or sense 2),
Shr. V. ii. 110,
2H6 V. i. 98
“an awful princely
sceptre.”
2.
profoundly respectful
or reverential
R2 III. iii. 76
“To pay their awful
duty.”
