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Recent Examples of quizzically
Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
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
Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
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
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Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Adam asks Conrad to take care of his brother, and Conrad hesitantly agrees.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
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True, lots of good white progressives look askance at businessmen who amass vast fortunes.—
John Powers,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2020
Adverb
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Its perfectly circular shape, central peak, and ring of faults looked suspiciously like an impact crater.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement His awakening makes this violent outsider an ideal hero for the bunker that his father, Rafa (Carlos Santos), whisks him off to immediately after his suspiciously early release.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Chinese officials are also looking more skeptically at Nvidia’s chips.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Any forward-looking model that hasn't been done yet by your organization or by others will be viewed skeptically.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Quizzically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzically. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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