quizzical

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I got several quizzical looks and perhaps a snicker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

She flashed quizzical glances when he said something patently absurd, looked unimpressed when he hurled insults.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Miss Mortimer gave her a quizzical look, and the speechless Mrs. Apple drew a question mark in the air with her fingertip as a way of asking if everything was all right.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood