Tony is a well-behaved boy.
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Well-behaved
//wɛlbɪˈheɪvd//
Synonyms for "well-behaved" (17 found)
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Related words (8)
Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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41 translations across 21 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 乖 adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- 聽話 /听话 adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- 良態 /良态 adj (mathematics: having easy to handle properties)
- 表現好的 /表现好的 adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Danish
1 entries- velopdragen adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Dutch
4 entries- braaf adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- braaf adj (mathematics: having easy to handle properties)
- gemanierd adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- goedgemanierd adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Finnish
4 entries- derivoituva adj (mathematics: having easy to handle properties)
- hyvin käyttäytyvä adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- hyvin käyttäytyvä adj (mathematics: having easy to handle properties)
- hyväkäytöksinen adj (having good manners and acting properly)
French
1 entries- bien élevé adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Galician
1 entries- guiado adj (having good manners and acting properly)
German
3 entries- artig adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- brav adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- wohlerzogen adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Hindi
1 entries- शिष्टाचारी adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Ingrian
1 entries- vernoi adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Irish
3 entries- béasach adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- dea-bhéasach adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- suáilceach adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Japanese
1 entries- 行儀のいい adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Latvian
1 entries- rātns adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Norwegian
1 entries- veloppdragen adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ontlich adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Portuguese
1 entries- comportado adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Romanian
3 entries- bine crescut adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- cuminte adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- manierat adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Russian
2 entries- благонра́вный adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- воспи́танный adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Spanish
2 entries- bien comportado adj (having good manners and acting properly)
- que se comporta bien adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Swedish
1 entries- väluppfostrad adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Turkish
1 entries- uslu adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngoan adj (having good manners and acting properly)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Your children are remarkably well-behaved.
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Tom was well-behaved.
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Tom is a well-behaved boy.
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