Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a quizzical or bantering manner; with playful slyness.
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- adverb In a
quizzical manner; as ifpuzzled or asking aquestion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a quizzical and questioning manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example, let’s take this one: “Jacob, if you don’t mind the interruption, why exactly are you taking the ship towards the comet?” asked the ship’s artificial intelligence, named Bill, whose holographic avatar looked at him quizzically from the display station next to the piloting controls.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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“Jacob, if you don’t mind the interruption, why exactly are you taking the ship towards the comet?” asked the ship’s artificial intelligence, named Bill, whose holographic avatar looked at him quizzically from the display station next to the piloting controls.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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“Jacob, if you don’t mind the interruption, why exactly are you taking the ship towards the comet?” asked the ship’s artificial intelligence, named Bill, whose holographic avatar looked at him quizzically from the display station next to the piloting controls.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum 2009
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And he looked at me kind of quizzically and I said let me give you a blessing from the first chapter of the book of Joshua and I said in Hebrew, be strong and of good courage.
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"I think I can't try again to get on without you, dear -- even," quizzically, "if there isn't always boiling water when Jabez gets his head knocked."
Kitty Trenire Mabel Quiller-Couch 1895
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"He looked up at me kind of quizzically and said, '40 years?'"
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"He looked up at me kind of quizzically and said, '40 years?'"
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He looked at me kind of quizzically and said, "I bought it new."
unknown title 2009
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He looked at me kind of quizzically and said, "I bought it new."
unknown title 2009
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But I forget "-- quizzically --" you don't read newspapers, do you, even when they contain accounts of your own greatness. "
Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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