Definitions
For a short period of time.
Word origin
From Old English āne (“(for) a”) hwīle (“while”).
Used in a sentence
“Sit with me awhile.”
“Take two cupfuls of rolled oats, put in bread pan, turn on four cupfuls of boiling water, stir for awhile.”
“Engine No. 18 went off into a shed to rest awhile, and No. 7, a precisely similar one, backed on to the train in her place.”
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01“Briefly”6 letters
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