Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quizzical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\, a.
Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a
quiz; farcical; sportive. -- {Quiz"zic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quizzical
adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
Durrell [syn: {mocking}, {teasing}]
2: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you
do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn: {questioning}]
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