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well-kept

British  

adjective

  1. maintained in good condition

    the front lawns are well kept

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the center is an open-air amphitheater and waterfall ringed by glass buildings and shaded by well-kept trees.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

“They sent my father to the border with only the clothes on his back,” Alvarado, now 85, told me in Spanish while sinking into a comfy couch at his daughter’s well-kept Anaheim home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Each front lawn is neat, each hedgerow well-kept.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

The Roman gladiatrix, though, is a well-kept secret.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Grandma had always said that well-kept shoes were the mark of a disciplined individual.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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