quizzically

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Recent Examples of quizzically Daedone looked at me quizzically. Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 Mills looked at her quizzically. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quizzically
Adverb
  • Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Adam asks Conrad to take care of his brother, and Conrad hesitantly agrees.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Candidates and their backers also typically knock on doors to get signatures, but that’s not an option this year as people look askance at strangers on their doorsteps.
    Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2020
  • True, lots of good white progressives look askance at businessmen who amass vast fortunes.
    John Powers, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2020
Adverb
  • When news breaks of developments in the war, the coordination between the media is clear and suspiciously similar.
    Uriel Kon September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Quizzically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzically. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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