quizzical

IPA: kwˈɪzʌkʌɫ

adjective

  • Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
  • Strange or eccentric.
  • Jocose; humorous.
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Examples of "quizzical" in Sentences

  • His expression was quizzical and slightly concerned.
  • She opened her eyes to find him peering down at her, his expression quizzical.
  • He recalled the quizzical looks he got from batters when the sinker came in hard like a fastball and then broke downward.
  • Quietly rubbing against the grain of contemporary painting, this kind of quizzical, intimate work is a thing to be cherished.
  • The baby’s feathered face can be remarkably expressive: it is wearing what can only be described as a quizzical look: What’s this?
  • And because the Huskies don't travel to the Bay Area this season, a win like this would have been like scoring the word "quizzical" in Scrabble.
  • The Geekette, what was her name, Phoebe? sat up a little straighter, tensing slightly, then favoured him with a raised eyebrow that could only be called "quizzical".
  • When it became clear to him that he appeared for the moment to have nothing to fear from the eagle, who was merely regarding him with a kind of quizzical, blinking doubt, he sat up, and then slowly dragged himself back to his feet and wiped and smaacked some of the dirt off his coat.

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