adv.
Pronunciation: ə - ' hw ī (- ə )l, ə - ' w ī (- ə )l
Function: adverb
Date: before 12th century
: for a while
usage Although considered a solecism by many commentators, awhile, like several other adverbs of time and place, is often used as the object of a preposition <for awhile there is a silence ― Lord Dunsany>.