Awhile
[ə'waɪl]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(adv.) For a while; for some time; for a short time.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. For a time, for some time, some time, for a while.
Edited by Gillian
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Briefly, little
ANT:Ever, always, forever, ever, more
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Definition
adv. for some time: for a short time.
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Examples
- Eustacia stood motionless awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After we had been alone awhile we were glad to see the others again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She was silent awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- NOW--soft awhile--have I arrived so near the end? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Utterly confounded, Mr. George awhile stands looking at the knocker. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The few jewels they had saved, supported them awhile. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had expected some extravagant proposition, and remained silent awhile, collecting my thoughts that I might the better combat her fanciful scheme. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I renewed the fuel, re-arranged the bedclothes, gazed awhile on her who could not now gaze on me, and then I moved away to the window. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He felt assured, after he had for awhile humoured her self-will, that in the end friendship and reason would gain the day. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I am glad mine is not there, and I hope it may not go there, yet awhile. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They seemed glad to meet and rest awhile in the meadow; here they discoursed with one another of what they had seen in the other world. Plato. The Republic.
- He waited awhile, longing for her to say something, even a taunt, to which he might reply. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She reclined over the garden gate as if to refresh herself awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I could take the oars awhile. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After standing awhile he stooped and felt the heather. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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