Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.

    The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.

    wohlerzogen, artig, brav

    благонра́вныйblagonrávnyj, воспи́танныйvospítannyj

  2. Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.

More definitions
  • (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
having good manners and acting properly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having good manners and acting properly:

Origin

From well + behaved.

From well + behaved.

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Forms

better-behaved/more well-behaved, best-behaved/most well-behaved

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct:well behaved

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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