quizzical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
    mocking; teasing.
    • his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
  2. adjective satellite perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
    questioning.
    • he had a quizzical expression

WordNet


Quiz"zic*al adjective
Definitions
  1. Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. -- Quiz"zic*al*ly, adv.

Webster 1913