"Read the excerpt from "'Life on the Mississippi'' by Mark Twain

Question

The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable.
Considering the Missouri its main branch, it is the longest river in the world--four thousand three hundred miles. It seems safe
to say that it is also the crookedest river in the world, since in one part of its journey it uses up one thousand three hundred
miles to cover the same ground that the crow would fly over in six hundred and seventy-five.
In 1-2 sentences, explain the denotation of the word "'remarkable' and its connotation in this passage.

Answer 1

The denotation of the word "remarkable" in this passage means worthy of attention or notable. The connotation of the word "remarkable" in this passage implies that the Mississippi River is extraordinary and impressive.