well-behaved
25
2.8
- adjective
- /ˌwɛl bɪˈheɪvd/
:
bien educado
- When visiting relatives, it's important to be well-behaved at the dinner table.
- well-behaved students
- well-behaved child
- well-behaved and orderly class
So I don't know, maybe we have like well behaved squirrels.
- So I don't know, maybe we have like well behaved squirrels.
- It doesn't mean you're going to choose the well behaved thing to do.
- And that's, that's stuck since and Cookie was just, is now well behaved, beautiful, beautiful dog.
- She's really well behaved and it breaks her heart to watch it.
- But we on the whole were a good set of lads, well behaved.
- And so she's, she's well behaved socially, but like at home, she's obsessed with balls and barks at me like all evening if we're not playing with a ball.
- But I really couldn't care less if like your dog is well behaved and it's like under ADA law, if my real service dog is acting a fool, you can ask it to leave.
Examples
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Like Miguel, Syed was sweet and well-behaved, a model kid.
Fiction book (2001) -
I love well-behaved children.
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I love the way they just like sit like well behaved, well trained dogs.
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Wow, they let you on set, you must be well-behaved.
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And I am sure that they are very well-behaved.
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Red gave gifts to well-behaved children, and the brother helped keep track of who they were.
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Eric is by far the best-behaved kid in class.
Academic text (2011) -
The students not only learned valuable information, but they were attentive and well-behaved during the process.
Academic text (1993) -
The teacher rated her as well-behaved, happy, well-liked, and motivated to learn.
Academic text (1997) -
Numerous other Hilton employees also testified that Handy, to their knowledge, was a well-behaved customer.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Being kind and polite to others
329
1.0
Showing good manners and respect to other people
80
4.4
Polite with good manners and refined taste
43
3.7
Polite and respectful when you speak or behave
17
4.4
Polite and considerate in a calm, respectful way
10
2.9
Polite and respectful to other people
4
5.8
Polite and taught to behave well by family or school
3
7.9
Polite and showing good manners in formal situations
1
4.1
Polite and behaving well around other people
1
1.2
A child or pet that acts politely and calmly
1
7.3
Being polite and treating people with respect
Antonyms
How Polite
Surface Forms
Morphology
well-behaved = well-behave (transparent) = well + behave + ed
The word is transparently constructed from 'well-behave' + 'ed', clearly indicating a state of behaving well.
Etymology
Well-behaved comes from the two parts well ('in a good way') and behave ('act'), so it literally means 'act in a good or proper way'. That's why we call people or pets well-behaved when they are polite and follow the rules.