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better-behaved

better-behaved is the comparative 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 better-behaved

What is better-behaved the comparative form of?
Better-behaved is the comparative form of well-behaved.

Words near better-behaved in the dictionary

  1. better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
  2. better versed
  3. better'n
  4. better-aimed
  5. better-appointed
  6. better-behaved
  7. better-brought-up
  8. better-built
  9. better-connected
  10. better-defined
  11. better-developed

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