well-kempt

comparative better-kempt · comparative more well-kempt · superlative best-kempt · superlative most well-kempt

1. Of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.

   GOLD BAR, now a well-kempt town, was in 1899 a rough camp named by hopeful miners. Later it became a logging center and railroad construction camp.

   1990, Ruth Kirk, Carmela Alexander, Exploring Washington's Past, A Road Guide to History, page 258

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   In general, Brooklyn and Manhattan public schools (especially on the Upper West Side, in Brooklyn Heights, and in Tribeca) are considered some of the best, with more computers, newer and better-kempt facilities, and small classes.

   2003, On Your Own Publications (publisher), Jane Rose (editor), Zany's New York City Apartment Sales and Rental Guide, page 12

   While the elite enjoyed the best-kempt and most uniform trees, American urbanites of all classes enjoyed greater access to greenery than their counterparts in Europe.

   2013, Jared Farmer, Trees in Paradise, A California History, page 347