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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. playfully vexing (especially by ridicule);
- Example: "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
[syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]

2. perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know);
- Example: "he had a quizzical expression"
[syn: questioning, quizzical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]*kal), a.
   Relating to quizzing; given to quizzing; of the nature of a
   quiz; farcical; sportive.
   [1913 Webster] -- Quiz"zic*al*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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