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marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing
- my puns are usually greeted with loud quizzical groans by my so-called friends
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“Quizzical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzical. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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The first known use of quizzical was in 1797
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