adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

correctcorrectcourteouscourteousdecorousgenteel

Antonyms

All antonyms

degenerateill-behavedpathologicalunmannerly

Example

More examples

"Your children are remarkably well-behaved."

Etymology

From well + behaved.

Related phrases

well-behavedlywell-behavedness

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