aweful

See also: awe-ful

English

Adjective

aweful (comparative more aweful, superlative most aweful)

1. Obsolete spelling of awful.
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 20–21:

     Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram received her very kindly, and Sir Thomas seeing how much she needed encouragement, tried to be all that was conciliating; he had to work against a most untoward gravity of deportment—and Lady Bertram, without taking half so much trouble, or speaking one word where he spoke ten, by the mere aid of a good-humoured smile, became immediately the less aweful character of the two.

2. Misspelling of awful.
3. Alternative spelling of awe-ful(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)