well-kept

adjective

neat, tidy, kept in good condition.

Meanings

adjectivewell-kept (comparative better-kept or more well-kept, superlative best-kept or most well-kept)

comparative better-kept · comparative more well-kept · superlative best-kept · superlative most well-kept · alternative well kept

  1. neat, tidy, kept in good condition.

    Halfway from Hellingly Station, the railway enters the well-kept hospital grounds, and runs parallel with a tree-lined drive about half a mile long.

    1957 December 28, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871
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    Budleigh Salterton, five miles from Exmouth, is another crossing station, and in common with most stations on the Devon branches it is clean and tidy, and has a well-kept garden.

    1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337
  2. not told to anyone.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivekept in good condition

adjectivecharacterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech úpravný, pěstěný
  • úpravnýneat, tidy
  • pěstěnýneat, tidy
  • udržovanýneat, tidy
Danish velholdt, velbevaret
  • velholdtneat, tidy
  • velbevaretwell-kept secret
Norwegian Bokmål velholdt
  • velholdtneat, tidy
Swahili nadhifu
  • nadhifuneat, tidy
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