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View synonyms for well-behaved

well-behaved

adjective

  1. conducting oneself in a satisfactory manner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In Adelaide, police estimated that 15,000 people were present at both a rally and counter-demonstration, and said that crowds were "generally well-behaved", according to local media.

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A spokesperson for Exmoor Zoo said they "cannot believe that fate has been so cruel to such a lovely, lively, well-behaved group of children".

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I see this with my parents, with my mum, that she sometimes cannot see the nice, well-educated, well-behaved guy that I see.

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The facility rewards well-behaved prisoners by moving them to live in another level in the prison with "enhanced" privileges.

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He was used to producing Genesis and other civilized, well-behaved, respectful musicians not to be stuck on an island with three a— going at it.

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