adjective
definition
Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
definition
Strange or eccentric.
Examples of quizzical in a Sentence
He lifted a quizzical brow.
She raised a quizzical eyebrow, but he didn't explain.
Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.
Natasha's face, leaning out of the window, beamed with quizzical kindliness.
Alex glanced at her, his expression quizzical.
Bordeaux lifted a quizzical brow.
Mrs. Poe registered a few quizzical glances, but didn't ask any more questions.
He left the attendant standing there, a quizzical look on his face.
And hadn't they raised a quizzical eyebrow the second?
His Holmes has exactly the right quality, quizzical and slightly acerbic, and his Watson is sensible and thoroughly likeable.
His solution appears to be to eschew the histrionics, the grandstanding, and play it as a downbeat slightly quizzical damaged human being.
The quizzical expression on the lad 's face suggested that he was not.
We smiled at the faces of some of the beggars who regarded their good fortune with quizzical looks.
In turn, the group drew quizzical glances from the shoppers heading for the supermarket !
Described in an unidentified hand on the front page as " A quizzical quirk for Xmas ".