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well-kempt

well-kempt adjective: of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.

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
    • 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

Forms of well-kempt

comparativebetter-kempt
comparativemore well-kempt
superlativebest-kempt
superlativemost well-kempt

Words formed from well-kempt

Words that rhyme with well-kempt

Questions about well-kempt

What does well-kempt mean?
Well-kempt means of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.
What part of speech is well-kempt?
Well-kempt is an adjective.

Words near well-kempt in the dictionary

  1. well-houses
  2. well-hung
  3. well-informed
  4. well-intended
  5. well-intentioned
  6. well-kempt
  7. well-kemptness
  8. well-kept
  9. well-knit
  10. well-known
  11. well-laid

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