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best-behaved

best-behaved is the superlative form of well-behaved.

Meaning of well-behaved

Adjective

well-behaved (comparative better-behaved or more well-behaved, superlative best-behaved or most well-behaved)

  1. Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
    • The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
    Antonyms:
    ill-behaved
  2. Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.

Questions about best-behaved

What is best-behaved the superlative form of?
Best-behaved is the superlative form of well-behaved.

Words near best-behaved in the dictionary

  1. best wishes
  2. best-aimed
  3. best-appointed
  4. best-before date
  5. best-before dates
  6. best-behaved
  7. best-brought-up
  8. best-built
  9. best-by date
  10. best-by dates
  11. best-case

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