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Definition of Quizzically
1. Adverb. In a quizzical and questioning manner. "They looked quizzically at the doctor"
Definition of Quizzically
1. Adverb. In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quizzically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quizzically
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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