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well behaved

well behaved is the alternative 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.

Forms of well behaved

comparativemore well behaved
superlativemost well behaved

Questions about well behaved

What is well behaved the alternative form of?
Well behaved is the alternative form of well-behaved.

Words near well behaved in the dictionary

  1. well and good
  2. well and truly
  3. well aware
  4. well aye
  5. well begun is half done
  6. well behaved
  7. well being
  8. well boat
  9. well boats
  10. well brought up
  11. well built

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