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Quizzical

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Adjective

1. mocking, quizzical, teasing

playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

Example Sentences:
'his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air'

2. questioning, quizzical

perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)

Example Sentences:
'he had a quizzical expression'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Quizzical

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adjective
questioning and mocking or supercilious
a quizzical look

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Quizzical

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adjective
1. 
odd; comical
2. 
teasing; bantering
3. 
perplexed; questioning

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Quizzical

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adj.
1. Suggesting puzzlement; questioning.
2. Teasing; mocking: "His face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air" (Lawrence Durrell).
3. Eccentric; odd.

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