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better-kempt

better-kempt is the comparative 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 better-kempt

What is better-kempt the comparative form of?
Better-kempt is the comparative form of well-kempt.

Words near better-kempt in the dictionary

  1. better-humored
  2. better-humoured
  3. better-hung
  4. better-informed
  5. better-intentioned
  6. better-kempt
  7. better-known
  8. better-learned
  9. better-lit
  10. better-looking
  11. better-loved

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