well-kept en · ADJ
Meanings
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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 14, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871: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:
- (of a secret) not told to anyone.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| better-kept | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most well-kept | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| best-kept | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more well-kept | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| well kept | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
da velholdt (neat, tidy) · da velbevaret (well-kept secret) · cs udržovaný (neat, tidy) · nb velholdt (neat, tidy) · cs pěstěný (neat, tidy) · sw nadhifu (neat, tidy) · cs úpravný (neat, tidy)