For a short time:
— Sit down and stay awhile.
— They settled awhile in Virginia before moving West.

synonym: for a while.

Roget 111: temporarily etc. adj.; pro tempore [Lat.]; for the moment, for a time; awhile, en passant [Fr.], in transitu [Lat.]; in a short time; soon etc. (early) 132; briefly etc. adj.; at short notice; on the point of, on the eve of; in articulo; between cup and lip.    ... show more