Usually means: A period of time; briefly.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word Awhile:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. awhile: Merriam-Webster
  2. awhile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. awhile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. awhile: Collins English Dictionary
  5. awhile: Vocabulary.com
  6. Awhile, awhile: Wordnik
  7. awhile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. awhile: Wiktionary
  9. awhile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. awhile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. awhile: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Awhile, awhile: Dictionary.com
  13. awhile: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. awhile: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Awhile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. awhile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. awhile: Rhymezone
  18. Awhile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. awhile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. awhile: FreeDictionary.org
  21. awhile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. awhile: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. awhile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. awhile: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. awhile: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See awhiles as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (awhile)

▸ adverb:  For some time; for a short time.
▸ adverb:  (US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.

Similar:
for a while, somewhile, briefly, temporarily, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, for the time being, momentally, momentarily, the while, more...

Opposite:
immediately, directly, at once, promptly, right away

Phrases:
once in awhile, Let's Wait Awhile, It's Been Awhile, Let's Go Away for Awhile, stay awhile, more...

Adjectives:
silent, rest, quiet, least, dead, patient, linger, motionless, mute, french, last


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Similar:
for a while, somewhile, briefly, temporarily, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, for the time being, momentally, momentarily, the while, more...

Opposite:
immediately, directly, at once, promptly, right away

Phrases:
once in awhile, Let's Wait Awhile, It's Been Awhile, Let's Go Away for Awhile, stay awhile, for awhile, awhile ago, after awhile, lasts awhile, more...

Adjectives:
silent, rest, quiet, least, dead, patient, linger, motionless, mute, french, last



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