Hypertext Webster Gateway: "awhile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awhile \A*while"\, adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.]
For a while; for some time; for a short time.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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