Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Awhile \A*while"\, adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.]
   For a while; for some time; for a short time.

Source : WordNet®

awhile
     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" [syn: {for a while}]