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well behaved

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Adj.1.well behaved - (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"
well-behaved
good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"


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I am sorry the kitten was not as well behaved as she ought to have been; but perhaps she wasn't brought up properly.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
He minds his own business and on the whole is very well behaved.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
But all the gifts of the first eleven fairies were in the meantime fulfilled; for the princess was so beautiful, and well behaved, and good, and wise, that everyone who knew her loved her.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
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