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Synonyms for quizzical

Adjective

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