Definitions for awhile

awhile a·while

Spelling: [uh-hwahyl, uh-wahyl]
IPA: /əˈʰwaɪl, əˈwaɪl/

Awhile is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in awhile (aehilw).

Definitions for awhile

adverb

  1. for a short time or period:

Origin of awhile

before 1000; Middle English; Old English āne hwīle (dative); see a1, while

Examples for awhile

The moon came up after awhile, and streamed in through the vines of the porch.

FoxFaith, established in 2006 by Twentieth Century-Fox, flew under the radar for awhile, and died a quick death.

[Laughs] I get that speech in fairly polite terms from 20th Century Fox once in awhile.

After awhile you realize you're coming down from an intense period, and I had that kind of period after Body Talk.

But I kept looking and after awhile I was able to sit up and ask what hit me.

A painter friend who lives by the sea has asked me to stay with him awhile.

After awhile she got to concealing them, as if she thought they annoyed me.

Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.

After awhile the master and mistress arrived, it seems, from a visit.

From the beginning, Guy had the better of the fight, unhorsing Herman and toying with him for awhile.

Word Value for awhile
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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