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better-brought-up

better-brought-up is the comparative form of well-brought-up.

Meaning of well-brought-up

Adjective

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

  1. Having been taught during childhood to exhibit good manners and pleasant behaviour.
    • He strikes me as a very well-brought-up young man.

Questions about better-brought-up

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

Words near better-brought-up in the dictionary

  1. better versed
  2. better'n
  3. better-aimed
  4. better-appointed
  5. better-behaved
  6. better-brought-up
  7. better-built
  8. better-connected
  9. better-defined
  10. better-developed
  11. better-formed

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