Usually means: Expressing puzzlement or mild amusement.
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  1. quizzical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quizzical: Merriam-Webster
  3. quizzical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quizzical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quizzical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quizzical: Vocabulary.com
  7. quizzical: Wordnik
  8. quizzical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quizzical: Wiktionary
  10. quizzical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quizzical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quizzical: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Quizzical, quizzical: Dictionary.com
  14. quizzical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. quizzical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Quizzical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. quizzical: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. quizzical: Rhymezone
  19. quizzical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. quizzical: FreeDictionary.org
  21. quizzical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. quizzical: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quizzical: Legal dictionary

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  1. quizzical: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See quizzicality as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
▸ adjective:  Strange or eccentric.
▸ adjective:  Jocose; humorous.

Similar:
perplexed, teasing, mocking, playful, questioning, quizzish, puzzly, puzzled, puzzlesome, baffling, more...

Opposite:
serious, straightforward, earnest, solemn

Types:
bemused, puzzled, perplexed, confused, baffled, dazed, stupefied, astonished, more...

Phrases:
opposite of quizzical, more...

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    periwinkle,     chartreuse,     mauve,     teal,     lavender, more...


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Similar:
perplexed, teasing, mocking, playful, questioning, quizzish, puzzly, puzzled, puzzlesome, baffling, more...

Opposite:
serious, straightforward, earnest, solemn

Types:
bemused, puzzled, perplexed, confused, baffled, dazed, stupefied, astonished, more...

Phrases:
opposite of quizzical, more...

Colors:
    periwinkle,     chartreuse,     mauve,     teal,     lavender, more...



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