Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of good behavior or conduct; becoming in manner; courteous; civil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a person Having good
manners andacting properly - adjective mathematics (of a function) Having a
finite derivative (of all orders) at allpoints , and having nodiscontinuities
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct
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Examples
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For this reason, my mother who raised us alone created a fake address so that we could enter a different public school system where everyone was young, white, and well-behaved.
Todd Kashdan: 3 Ideas to Prevent Killing Creativity, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking in Kids Todd Kashdan 2011
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For this reason, my mother who raised us alone created a fake address so that we could enter a different public school system where everyone was young, white, and well-behaved.
Todd Kashdan: 3 Ideas to Prevent Killing Creativity, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking in Kids Todd Kashdan 2011
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He was generally well-behaved—and much less expensive.
Barking on Stage for Equal Wage V.L. Hendrickson 2011
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The effects on young Corteja were noticeable: once a well-behaved student, she became angry, acted out in school and was disciplined by teachers.
At-Risk U.S. Children Struggle To Just Be Kids Huffington Post 2011
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Academic histories were glad to airbrush out this subversive, often outrageous poet, who more than anyone else was responsible for transforming well-behaved vers-librists into notorious vers-libertines.
The First Lady Of Futurism Helen Carr 2011
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Because I have the cutest, sweetest, most well-behaved boy in the world, he can do whatever he wants and it's ok with me.
Help me write The THNTS Guide To Parenting Tyler 2009
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The night after Mr. Johnson picked up his son—finding he was indeed well-behaved—he saw his son's legs were covered with many bites from chiggers, the larvae of mites.
In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease Shirley S. Wang 2012
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The girls are all-American girls – charming, well-behaved but energetic, smart.
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She was well-behaved, followed Tom around the entire time. and ended up being in three of the print shots we took, Ms. Rishwain said.
Unlikely Pair: UGG and Tom Brady Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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The effects on young Corteja were noticeable: once a well-behaved student, she became angry, acted out in school and was disciplined by teachers.
At-Risk U.S. Children Struggle To Just Be Kids Huffington Post 2011
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