quizzical

• By way of introduction to a few words respecting the close, quizzical, and always sincere friendship that existed between Field and Helena Modjeska, the following invention of March 29th, 1884, may serve to indicate the blithesome spirit with which he tortured facts when racketting around for something to add to the bewilderment of his readers and his own relaxation: —  Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions
• A most bland-smiling, semi - quizzical, affectionate, high-bred, Italianized little man, who has long olive-blond hair, a dimple, next to no chin, and flings his arm round your neck when he addresses you in public society! —  The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
• The man was dressed in a grey suit ... he had a kindly, smooth-shaven face except for a close-cropped pepper-and-salt moustache ... and grey-blue, quizzical, but kindly eyes. —  Tramping on Life
• The data was fed to the computer in the form of images: the Person, hands tucked behind him, the eyes quizzical - a quick laugh as he got the point an instant before the others, a tilt of his chin as he turned and moved on beside his companion. —  The 9th Directive
• And he looked knowing and quizzical, like someone smiling with a mouthful of salts. —  The Sky Writer

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