well-behaved
adj/wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/ · /wɛlbəˈheɪvd/
Etymology From well + behaved.
1
Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
- The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
- How bright were the fire-irons; how clean the Dutch riles round the old-fashioned fire-place, how well-behaved even the cat.1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter II, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 35:
1 more example
- Remember that well-behaved software always keeps its hands off the computer's hardware.1986, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 43, page 69:
2
Mathematics, Sciences Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
- Derived terms
- well-behavedly, well-behavedness
- Related terms
- well-posed