well-behaved
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well-behaved
- /wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/
- /wɛlbəˈheɪvd/
Where it comes from
From well + behaved.
adjective better-behaved · more well-behaved · best-behaved · most well-behaved · well behaved
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Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
Similar: mannersome, seemly, well-mannered · Opposite: ill-behaved
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Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
Opposite: degenerate, pathological
Translations
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adj having good manners and acting properly
| Español | bien comportado, comportarse bien |
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| 日本語 | 行儀のいい gyōgi no ii |
| 中文 | 表現好的 /表现好的 biǎoxiàn hǎo de, 規矩 /规矩 guījǔ, 聽話 /听话 tīnghuà, 乖 guāi |
| हिन्दी | शिष्टाचारी śiṣṭācārī |
| Português | comportado |
| Français | bien élevé |
| Deutsch | wohlerzogen, artig, brav |
| Română | manierat, bine crescut, cuminte |
| Русский | благонра́вный blagonrávnyj, воспи́танный vospítannyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ngoan |
adj mathematics: having easy to handle properties
| 中文 | 良態 /良态 |
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