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Uncle Tom's Cabin: In the excerpt below, which word has a connotative, rather than a denotative, meaning?

"The round, keen eyes of the black child were overcast with tears; – large, bright drops rolled heavily down, one by one, and fell on the little white hand."

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overcast

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User Ienaxxx
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overcast, literally, it cannot be applied to the eyes, otherwise it'll be keen
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