Dictionary

well-behaved en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/
• /wɛlbəˈheɪvd/

Etymology

From well + behaved.

Meanings

1. Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
   • Remember that well-behaved software always keeps its hands off the computer's hardware. 1986, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 43, page 69:
   • How bright were the fire-irons; how clean the Dutch riles round the old-fashioned fire-place, how well-behaved even the cat. 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter II, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 35:
   • The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
2. Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.

Forms

Antonyms

degenerate · ill-behaved · pathological

Deriveds

well-behavedly · well-behavedness

Relateds

well-posed

Synonyms

seemly · well-mannered · mannersome

Translations (43)

es comportarse bien (having good manners and acting properly) · ga suáilceach (having good manners and acting properly) · nl braaf (mathematics: having easy to handle properties) · cmn 規矩 /规矩 (having good manners and acting properly) · no veloppdragen (having good manners and acting properly) · ga dea-bhéasach (having good manners and acting properly) · ga béasach (having good manners and acting properly) · vi ngoan (having good manners and acting properly) · nl braaf (having good manners and acting properly) · sv väluppfostrad (having good manners and acting properly) · fi hyvätapainen (having good manners and acting properly) · de wohlerzogen (having good manners and acting properly) · da velopdragen (having good manners and acting properly) · fi hyvin käyttäytyvä (mathematics: having easy to handle properties) · nl welgemanierd (having good manners and acting properly) · pl prosty (mathematics: having easy to handle properties) · pdt ontlich (having good manners and acting properly) · tr uslu (having good manners and acting properly) · izh vernoi (having good manners and acting properly) · fr bien élevé (having good manners and acting properly) · pt comportado (having good manners and acting properly) · pl dobrze wychowany (having good manners and acting properly) · ru благонра́вный (having good manners and acting properly) · de brav (having good manners and acting properly) · nl gemanierd (having good manners and acting properly) · ru воспи́танный (having good manners and acting properly) · fi derivoituva (mathematics: having easy to handle properties) · fi hyvin käyttäytyvä (having good manners and acting properly) · cmn 乖 (having good manners and acting properly) · nl goedgemanierd (having good manners and acting properly) · lv rātns (having good manners and acting properly) · hi शिष्टाचारी (having good manners and acting properly) · ro bine crescut (having good manners and acting properly) · ro cuminte (having good manners and acting properly) · es bien comportado (having good manners and acting properly) · ro manierat (having good manners and acting properly) · cmn 聽話 /听话 (having good manners and acting properly) · cmn 良態 /良态 (mathematics: having easy to handle properties) · gl guiado (having good manners and acting properly) · ja 行儀のいい (having good manners and acting properly) · de artig (having good manners and acting properly) · cmn 表現好的 /表现好的 (having good manners and acting properly) · fi hyväkäytöksinen (having good manners and acting properly)