What is the meaning of quizzical?

adjective

  • Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule. ) "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air- Lawrence Durrell
  • Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know. )
    • usage: "he had a quizzical expression"
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