awhile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

awhile
    adv 1: 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: {awhile}, {for a while}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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