Definition of Quizzically

1. Adverb. In a quizzical and questioning manner. "They looked quizzically at the doctor"

Exact synonyms: Questioningly
Partainyms: Questioning, Quizzical

Definition of Quizzically

1. Adverb. In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question. ¹

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Definition of Quizzically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quizzically

quizmaster
quizmasters
quizmistress
quizmistresses
quizshow
quizshows
quizzed
quizzer
quizzeries
quizzers
quizzery
quizzes
quizzical
quizzicalities
quizzicality
quizzically
quizzicalness
quizzify
quizzing
quizzings
quizzism
quizzy
quo
quo pro quid
quo warranto
quo warrantos
quoad
quoad hunc
quob

Literary usage of Quizzically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Riverside Magazine for Young People by Horace Elisha Scudder (1870)
"Yes," said Frank, quizzically. " It has been ' next Saturday ' for the last two mouths. I believe she just keep* it on hand to talk over. ..."

2. A Cyclopedia of the Literature of Amateur Journalism by Truman J. Spencer (1891)
"When they arrived at Doctor Dick's cottage and Annie had dismounted from the wagon, she looked up quizzically at the big man, and took from her neck a knot ..."

3. Wit and Humor of the Physician by Henry Frederic Reddall (1906)
"quizzically repeated a Vassar senior along about commencement time to Senator Chauncey M. Depew as the subject came up in a conversation between them. ..."

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