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awhile, advb. phr.|əˈhwaɪl|
Also 5 awhyle, 6 a-wyle.
[Strictly two words, OE. áne hwíle (for) a while, a space of time: usually written in comb. since 13th c.]
(For) a short time, (for) a little.
a1000Beowulf 3528 Nú is þínes mæᵹnes blǽd áne hwíle. a1250Owl & Night. 199 Þe ule one hwile hi biþohte. a1300Cursor M. 10135 Leue ȝoure wantounship awhile. 1538Starkey England ii. iii. 203 Aftur they haue byn brought up in lernyng A-wyle. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 104 Sailing awhile to the Southward. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xx, Awhile she paused, no answer came.
¶ Improperly written together, when there is no unification of sense, and while is purely a n.
1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. xxiii. 72 It was doon but awhyle agoon. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 102 For awhile the facilities..enabled the Venetians, etc. 1882Ouida Bimbi 44 After awhile they seemed to pacify each other. |