quizzical

quiz +‎ -ical

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪzɪkəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪzɪkəl

quizzical (comparative more quizzical, superlative most quizzical)

1. Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
   • 2022 July 27, Sir Michael Holden, “In praise of Crossrail 1... and in search of Crossrail 2”, in RAIL, number 962, page 34:

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

2. Strange or eccentric.
3. Jocose; humorous.

• quizzish (archaic)

• quizzically

• “quizzical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.