well-behaved
well-behaved
Definition
well·-behaved (wel′bē hāvd′)
adjective
behaving well; conducting oneself properly; displaying good manners
well-behaved
Synonyms
well-behaved
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- pet: Up to two well-behaved pets welcome at £ 15 per pet per week.
- dog: We can assist with all-day Parking Vouchers House trained, well-behaved dogs are most welcome.
- welcome: Up to two well-behaved dogs welcome ( £ 10 per pet ).
- child: Suppose a normally well-behaved child is told not to take his brother's toy.
- pupil: Unsurprisingly, this is an assumption which the many able, well-behaved pupils deeply resent.
- relation: An orderly selection function should always choose the best element(s ) of the remainder set according to some well-behaved preference relation.
Modifying Another Word
- generally: Linear systems are much easier to understand than nonlinear ones and the solutions are generally well-behaved.
- very: Dolly and Daisy seemed to be very well-behaved shire horses.
- so: Anyway; on this occasion they were being so well-behaved that I almost felt competent enough to face an audience.
- relatively: My anorexia, which had been relatively well-behaved so far, flared up again just before New Year.
- normally: Suppose a normally well-behaved child is told not to take his brother's toy.
- reasonably: Reasonably well-behaved but has tiny pads, no not me the lapdog!
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