wellkeptとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

well-kept (comparative better-kept or more well-kept, superlative best-kept or most well-kept)

1. neat, tidy, kept in good condition.
   • 1957 December, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:

     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.

   • 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337:

     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.

2. (of a secret) not told to anyone.