awhile
[ uh-hwahyl, uh-wahyl ]
/ əˈʰwaɪl, əˈwaɪl /
adverb
for a short time or period: Stay awhile.
usage note for awhile
The adverb
awhile is spelled as a single word:
After stopping in Hadley awhile, we drove to Deerfield. As the object of a preposition, the noun phrase
a while is used, especially in edited writing, but the single-word form is becoming increasingly common:
We rested for a while (or
awhile ).
Words nearby awhile
Example sentences from the Web for awhile
British Dictionary definitions for awhile
awhile
/ (əˈwaɪl) /
adverb
for a brief period