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best-kempt

best-kempt is the superlative form of well-kempt.

Meaning of well-kempt

Adjective

well-kempt (comparative better-kempt or more well-kempt, superlative best-kempt or 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

Questions about best-kempt

What is best-kempt the superlative form of?
Best-kempt is the superlative form of well-kempt.

Words near best-kempt in the dictionary

  1. best-humored
  2. best-humoured
  3. best-hung
  4. best-informed
  5. best-intentioned
  6. best-kempt
  7. best-kept secret
  8. best-kept secrets
  9. best-known
  10. best-learned
  11. best-lit

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