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Quizzical Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Quizzical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

"his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"

2

perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)

"he had a quizzical expression"

3

Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.

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cal ical kcal fecal jacal bocal decal mucal focal local cocal ducal cecal tical vocal socal mescal plical fiscal laical
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