A bit inattentive perhaps, but tooling along on the right side of the street, he allowed himself to be carried away by the fresh

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A bit inattentive perhaps, but tooling along on the right side of the street, he allowed himself to be carried away by the fresh

ness, by the weightless contraction of this hardly begun day. Which word best reflects the connotative meaning of the word "tooling"?

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Fittoniya [83] · Answer 1 · 2023-04-14T04:28:55+03:00

The word that best reflects the connotative meaning of the word <u>"tooling"</u> is:

<u>Working</u>

A connotative meaning has to do with an implied meaning that is not directly stated but is a secondary meaning.

According to the given sentence, the narrator talks about his work across the right side of the street and how he was carried away by the freshness of the new day.

In the context of the sentence and by the description of the scene, the connotative meaning of the word "tooling" is "working"