transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈhwī(-ə)l, ə-ˈwī(-ə)l ]
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