1 expressing slight uncertainty or amusement:
I am a little quizzical about the magic figure of 10 minutes.
Ives is pulling a quizzical face, as if he had actually learned something today.
But they have been quizzical.
The phenomenon of uncertainty takes a quizzical glimpse at quarks and a world in constant flux.
Needless to say, this got a lot of quizzical replies.
This sense survives today in the word "quizzical".
After one of the punches to the dog's head, the dog seems to hesitate and look quizzical as if he recognizes the fighter.
