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Well behaved   /wɛl bɪhˈeɪvd/   Listen
Well behaved

adjective
1.
(usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct.  Synonym: well-behaved.






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"Well behaved" Quotes from Famous Books



... sleep, I was able the next day to get about, though I still remained somewhat sick and weak. Tom told me that the "Falcon" was the happiest ship he had ever been aboard. The crew were generally orderly and well behaved. Mark corroborated what ...
— Dick Cheveley - His Adventures and Misadventures • W. H. G. Kingston

... society, cut a figure in society; keep one's carriage. Adj. fashionable; in fashion &c. n.; a la mode, comme il faut[Fr]; admitted in society, admissible in society &c. n.; presentable; conventional &c. (customary) 613; genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike[obs3], gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite &c. (courteous) 894. polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue[Fr]; unembarrassed, degage[Fr]; janty[obs3], jaunty; dashing, fast. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... the gate she dismounted and insisted on walking through the long avenue she had admired. He was going to lead the horses, but she said, "No, tie them to the posts there, they were both well behaved, tractable animals;" she could speak for her mount at any rate. Pluto had told her it was Col. McVeigh's favorite, trained ...
— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan

... outlaws who wait only for a leader to hoist the black flag. The group consists mainly of boys too shy to be at ease with the girls, but who wish to distinguish themselves in some way; and there are others, ordinarily well behaved, whom the mere actuality of a party makes drunken. The effect of music, too, upon children is incalculable, especially when they do not hear it often—and both a snare-drum and a bass drum were in the expensive orchestra at ...
— Penrod and Sam • Booth Tarkington

... Pollux thought so too, for they tossed their heads, and quickened their pace to a fast trot, though they were far too well behaved to think ...
— Five Mice in a Mouse-trap - by the Man in the Moon. • Laura E. Richards


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