Awhile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awhile \A*while"\, adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.]
     For a while; for some time; for a short time.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  awhile
       adv : for a short time; "sit down and stay awhile"; "they settled
             awhile in Virginia before moving West"; "the baby was
             quiet for a while" [syn: {for a while}]