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Quizzical

//ˈkwɪzɪkəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.

    "But I did see things that aren't yet quite right, and at which I raised a quizzical eyebrow."

  2. 2
    Strange or eccentric.
  3. 3
    Jocose; humorous.
Adjective
  1. 1
    perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) wordnet
  2. 2
    playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) wordnet

Etymology

From quiz + -ical.

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