well-disciplined

British

adjective

having been strictly trained or conditioned to ensure good behaviour, orderliness, etc

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English cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley earned a well-disciplined points win over Mikael Lawal, before clashing with two domestic rivals in his post-fight interview.

From BBC

They like to possess the ball and you have to be really strongly defensively and well-disciplined.

From BBC

Armorers are typically well-disciplined and many have military backgrounds, the source said.

From Fox News

No matter how well-trained, well-equipped and well-disciplined U.S. forces may be, they are underdogs in the long term against a supported insurgency.

From Washington Post

A republic needs a well-disciplined but open elite — an "aristocracy of talent and virtue," as Jefferson characterized it, not of breeding or wealth.

From Salon

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