Well-behaved
/wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
"The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty."
- 2 Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
Adjective
- 1 (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct wordnet
Example
More examples"Your children are remarkably well-behaved."
Etymology
From well + behaved.