Antonym: forever. Similar words: after a while, once in a while, while, while away, meanwhile, worth while, worthwhile, bibliophile. Meaning: [ə'waɪl] 
adv. for a short time.
adv. for a short time. 
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1. After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. 
2. The bus is not due yet awhile.
3. Stay awhile and rest.
4. He worked awhile as a pharmacist in Cincinnati.
5. Tarry awhile at this charming country inn.
6. I read awhile, then slept.
7. Bide with me awhile.
8. I waited awhile, then I rang again.
9. I waited awhile, then rang again.
10. It took him awhile to wise up.
11. Jinju stayed awhile longer before climbing to her feet.
12. Gil stood at the window awhile[sentencedict.com/awhile.html], watching boats.
13. So sit down and stay awhile.
14. That is unknown, but it would take awhile.
15. I stood before the gate awhile and looked into the courtyard, breathing in garbage and sewer odors and another indescribable smell.
16. We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.
17. They stayed in a refugee camp for awhile, then somehow made their way to the United States.
18. He watched them awhile, and then, temporarily, he granted his own absolution.
19. You usually have to wait awhile before you can get in the club.
20. He waited awhile at the window observing traffic, women with dogs, leashed and unleashed.
21. We laughed about it awhile and speculated about what it would have been like.
22. But when you live in another country awhile, you lose your identity and you acquire one from the new country.
23. The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.
24. He fought with the urge to smoke one of the cigars he'd given up awhile ago.
25. But it was a place that drew other creatures to its calm, to rest awhile and find their strength again.
26. It may be difficult to discern at first glance, but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent.
27. Depending on the size of the boar, it will take awhile to cook, so begin early in the day.
28. He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.
29. But, he added, some city staff members do whine about it once in awhile.
30. Why can't I take it off and rest it awhile on some one's mantel-piece?
More similar words: after a while, once in a while, while, while away, meanwhile, worth while, worthwhile, bibliophile, as a whole, galileo galilei, whip, whisk, whither, whirr, whisper, whimper, white, which, whistle, chill, child, whining, whipped, whisk away, white man, whimsical, white lie, chilled, nihilism, children.