quizzical
adjective
odd, queer, or comical.
quizzicality
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a word derived from
quizzical.
Example Sentences
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She and Stone look back at me, bonded in quizzicality.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2018
She published two books of poetry and started work on a memoir, studied Norwegian, and regarded her new compatriots with a warm and gentle quizzicality.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
The young man smiled with a pathetic quizzicality.
From The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen
Underlying the well-bred banter of the tranquil voice, the guarded quizzicality of his pale brown face, it could be seen that Algernon Cuffe Dennant, Esq.,
From The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy
“Mo,” she said; and she said it so funnily and softly, and with ever so little a touch of quizzicality, that the sentimental warrior roared with delight.
From The Rough Road by William John Locke
