quizzical
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He was sending patients for so many tests, for such obscure toxins or conditions, that some reported being met with an increasingly quizzical eye at the testing clinic, as if to say, "What now?"
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
But you should cut this quizzical bank teller some slack.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025
MILAN—When Rich Ross and his husband decided to buy a home in Milan, they were met with quizzical looks from their friends in Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
It can be a quizzical expression or a blank stare based on the level of knowledge of the words just spoken.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024
She realized that she was clutching at the doorknob and, under Theodora’s quizzical eye, unclenched her fingers and walked steadily across the room.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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