well-kept

• well kept

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

1. neat, tidy, kept in good condition.
   • 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.