From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]*kal), adjective Relating to quizzing; given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. -- {Quiz"zic*al*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "quizzical": absurd, agape, agog, all agog, amusing, bantering, bizarre, booing, burning with curiosity, catcalling, catechistic, chaffing, consumed with curiosity, curious, derisive, derisory, disbelieving, droll, eccentric, fleering, flippant, fooling, funny, ghoulish, gossipy, grinning, hilarious, hissing, hooting, humorous, incongruous, inquiring, inquisitional, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, interrogational, interrogative, interrogatory, itchy, jeering, jollying, joshing, kidding, laughable, leering, ludicrous, mocking, morbid, morbidly curious, odd, open-eyed, openmouthed, overcurious, panning, priceless, probing, prurient, puzzled, quaint, queer, querying, questioning, quizzing, ragging, railing, rallying, razzing, rich, ridiculing, ridiculous, risible, roasting, scoffing, scopophiliac, screaming, searching, skeptical, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, supercurious, taunting, teasing, twitting, unbelieving, voyeuristic, whimsical, witty
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