well-behaved

See also: well behaved

English

Alternative forms

• well behaved

Etymology

From well +‎ behaved.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/, /wɛlbəˈheɪvd/

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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.

   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter II, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 35:

     How bright were the fire-irons; how clean the Dutch riles round the old-fashioned fire-place, how well-behaved even the cat.

   • 1986, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 43, page 69:

     Remember that well-behaved software always keeps its hands off the computer's hardware.

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

Synonyms

• well-mannered
• seemly

Antonyms

• ill behaved
• (antonym(s) of "in mathematics"): degenerate, pathological

Hyponyms

• polite

Derived terms

• well-behavedly
• well-behavedness

Translations

having good manners and acting properly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表現好的／表现好的 (biǎoxiàn hǎo de), 規矩／规矩 (zh) (guījǔ), 聽話／听话 (zh) (tīnghuà), 乖 (zh) (guāi)

• Danish: velopdragen
• Dutch: braaf (nl), goedgemanierd, gemanierd (nl), welgemanierd (nl)
• Finnish: hyvätapainen (fi), hyväkäytöksinen, hyvin käyttäytyvä
• French: bien élevé (fr)
• Galician: guiado
• German: wohlerzogen (de), artig (de), brav (de)
• Ingrian: vernoi
• Irish: suáilceach, dea-bhéasach, béasach
• Japanese: 行儀のいい (gyōgi no ii)
• Latvian: rātns
• Norwegian: veloppdragen
• Plautdietsch: ontlich
• Portuguese: comportado (pt)
• Romanian: manierat (ro) m, bine crescut m
• Russian: благонра́вный (ru) (blagonrávnyj), воспи́танный (ru) (vospítannyj)
• Swedish: väluppfostrad (sv)
• Turkish: uslu (tr)
• Vietnamese: ngoan (vi)

mathematics: having easy to handle properties

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: braaf (nl)
• Finnish: derivoituva (derivative), hyvin käyttäytyvä
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See also

• well-posed