A well-behaved child. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I love my well-behaved advanced-placement classes. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
These well-behaved kids didn't just wander in here. From Wordnik.com. [The Glorious Rise Of Christian Pop] Reference
Under this system the children grew up very well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
But the cows were very well-behaved, and went along slowly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
Monarch II, though, I never saw such a well-behaved machine. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
And I am going to let my hair grow long and be well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Maine] Reference
Districts where they reside they are perfectly well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
It was for many ages a very peaceable and well-behaved mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
And not just ordinary tourists, but big-spending well-behaved ones. From Wordnik.com. [On The Circuit] Reference
But, as it turns out, Kuhn said, "it's a very well-behaved genome.". From Wordnik.com. [With DNA of chocolate nearly decoded by scientists, could sweeter treats await?] Reference
So what makes "Percival's Planet" such a sedentary, well-behaved tale?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Byers's ÂPercival's Planet, reviewed by Ron Charles] Reference
"Most of my friends and acquaintances are really wonderfully well-behaved.". From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference
The latter is really very well-behaved now; and as to the other, he has but. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
The crowd was exceedingly well-behaved, hardly a single troublemaker in the bunch. From Wordnik.com. [In Baltimore, Whartscape goes out on a high note] Reference
Kitty would ever reform and become sober-minded and well-behaved and satisfactory. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Mr. MAHMOON BABA-AHMED: Even my son has always been telling me how well-behaved Farouk is. From Wordnik.com. [Faith, Family Strife Drove Christmas Bomb Suspect] Reference
Everybody praises her, and your mother and mine are always saying that she is well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Maine] Reference
"" Most of them are pretty well-behaved, '' says Steve Kopka, manager of Lemming's on Damen. From Wordnik.com. [A Man's Life] Reference
In my case that means my extremely patient boyfriend and one mostly well-behaved 8-year-old girl. From Wordnik.com. [And You Call This a Vacation?] Reference
The leading characters in this book make Donald Trump look tasteful, unassuming and well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [BOOKS: HOW THE MIGHTY FELL] Reference
Reading from the front cover, it is "The Goody Side," where children are well-behaved and polite. From Wordnik.com. [The Goody-Naughty Book] Reference
A COMPOUND WORD is a combination of two or more simple words; as, buck-saw, well-behaved, school-room. From Wordnik.com. [Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois] Reference
Dame G. is pretty well, and we found her surrounded by her well-behaved, healthy, large-eyed children. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
The other evening, after being fairly well-behaved all day, my daughters started tormenting each other. From Wordnik.com. [Gretchen Rubin: Make a Joke of It: Difficult, But Effective] Reference
The daily interactions of well-behaved students work as PR for our country and its tarnished global image. From Wordnik.com. [Your Turn: Faces of a Nation] Reference
At Tournus, we took in a host of additional passengers, not so polished, but unobtrusive and well-behaved. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
In general he was a well-behaved, compliant boy who, except for school refusal, showed no signs of defiant behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Is it ADHD, or something else?] Reference
As a whole, the prose is so well-behaved and unobtrusive it's almost as if it expects to be marked at the end of term. From Wordnik.com. [Day For Night by Frederick Reiken] Reference
Three nights before graduation they'll visit a neighbor's swimming pool, Mr. Dietrich says, "If everyone is well-behaved.". From Wordnik.com. [B] Reference
Albert was industrious, well-behaved, and spoke so sensibly and right-heartedly, that Maud ever listened to him with delight. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
That hale sentiment implies that good behavior should reap above-market performance for shareholders in well-behaved companies. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Responsible Corporations] Reference
At first blush, Rita, Dexter's love interest throughout most of the first four seasons, seems a model for a well-behaved woman. From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: Analyzing Dexter: Psychologists and Criminologists Explain Why They Are Smitten] Reference
"The king hath dressed them like popinjays; they drink overmuch, dice, and run after the maids, but otherwise are well-behaved.". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Happy in her pretty, well-behaved children, she is the polished reflection of all that is best and most refined in American society. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
Yet Nomi was a well-behaved child who "didn't want to do anything we didn't want her to do," says Harris over iced tea in her kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [The Parent Trap] Reference
He heads The Open Organization of Lockpickers (TOOOL), which bills itself "the most well-behaved sporting association in the Netherlands.". From Wordnik.com. [Beware the 'Bump' Key] Reference
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