Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-kempt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: well-kempt
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"While the elite enjoyed the best-kempt and most uniform trees, American urbanites of all classes enjoyed greater access to greenery than their counterparts in Europe."

Inflected Forms

better-kempt (comparative) more well-kempt (comparative) best-kempt (superlative) most well-kempt (superlative)

Phrases

well-kemptness

Questions

What does well-kempt mean?: Of a person, place, or thing, maintained in a very neat, clean, orderly, and well-groomed manner.

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