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

One of them, Joseph Flores, glided toward a student table to help a girl with a quizzical expression.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

They were quizzical eyes, eyes that asked many questions and did not accept many answers.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie