as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing
my puns are usually greeted with loud quizzical groans by my so-called friends
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As the track played, quizzical expressions came over a few jurors’ faces.
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Ben Sisario, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The camera captured DeBose's quizzical reaction as the joke unfolded.
—EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
Waybill stood amid a swirling gale of groovy hard rock created by the other four men onstage and uttered the quizzical, comical lines with a kind of perplexed deadpan delivery.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Novak’s other works approach the world with the same quizzical stance toward traditional mores.
—Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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Ben Sisario, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The camera captured DeBose's quizzical reaction as the joke unfolded.
—EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
Waybill stood amid a swirling gale of groovy hard rock created by the other four men onstage and uttered the quizzical, comical lines with a kind of perplexed deadpan delivery.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Novak’s other works approach the world with the same quizzical stance toward traditional mores.
—Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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