well-behaved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It sounds like something out of a Trollope novel—a well-behaved boy lapping up statecraft over dinner.
She was a lovable child, always smiling and well-behaved, said Denes.
From Los Angeles Times
At first his projects were fairly well-behaved and faithful, at least outwardly, to the Modernist principles he had learned at USC: flat roofs, restrained geometry.
From Los Angeles Times
"If you have an animal that lives close to humans, you have to be well-behaved enough," Lesch said.
From BBC
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.
From BBC
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