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Well-behaved

//wɛlbɪˈheɪvd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.

    "The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty."

  2. 2
    Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct wordnet

Etymology

From well + behaved.

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