Aw"ful*ness, n.
1.
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
The awfulness of grandeur.
Johnson.
2.
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
[Obs.]
Producing in us reverence and awfulness.
Jer. Taylor.
© Webster 1913.