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What is the adjective for quizzically?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb quiz which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

quizzical
  1. Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
  2. Strange or eccentric.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. curious, questioning, baffled, enquiring, inquiring, mystified, perplexed, puzzled, skeptical, sceptical, inquisitive, probing, searching, show-me, inquisitorial, investigative, intrigued, interrogative, interested, querying, scrutinizing, examining, scrutinising, enthusiastic, fascinated, prying, inspecting, analytic, need to know, burning with curiosity, quizzing, catechistical, catechistic, nosy, wondering, analytical, inquisitory, exploring, dying to know, penetrating, piercing, explorative, exploratory, pointed, investigational, deep, thorough, minute, fact-finding, in-depth … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I recall the quizzical expressions of my classmates who wondered why an apparently healthy girl should suddenly report ill.”
      “Her expression is pained, quizzical and defensive, as if expecting a tirade of criticism at every turn.”
      “It's a period drama that's won me over with its off-kilter leads and quizzical story.”
quizzable
  1. (archaic) Fit to be quizzed or teased; comical in appearance or habits.
quizlike
  1. Resembling a quiz (question challenge) or some aspect of one.
quizzed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of quiz
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asked, enquired, queried, questioned, grilled, interrogated, interviewed, probed, examined, inquired, investigated, pressed, prest, scrutinized, canvassed, catechized, checked, cross-examined, inquisitioned, pumped, cross-questioned, enquired of, felt out, found out, hit, hit up, made inquiries, needled, put a question to, requested information, requested information of, roasted, scrutinised, sought an answer, sought information, sought information of, sounded out, sweat, sweated, wanted to know, went over, buzzed, inquired of, picked one's brains, put out feelers, tested, tested the waters, popped the question, pried into, put the screws to … more
quizzing
  1. present participle of quiz
  2. Synonyms:
      3. interrogating, questioning, catechizing, examining, grilling, pumping, asking, cross-examining, interviewing, querying, inquiring of, probing, sweating, investigating, sounding out, checking, cross-questioning, debriefing, enquiring, inquiring, testing, putting questions to, putting the screws on, picking one's brains, giving the third degree, putting through the mangle, putting through the wringer, worming something out of someone, putting through the third degree, giving the third degree to, asking questions of, hitting up, going over, working over, putting the screws to, prodding, roasting, asking questions, canvassing, pressing, scrutinizing, drilling, inquisitioning, hitting, bombarding, reexamining, reviewing, scrutinising, prying, making inquiries … more
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