<span class="searchmatch">best</span>-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> superlative form of well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span>: most well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span>...
/wɛlbɪˈheɪvd/, /wɛlbəˈheɪvd/ well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> (comparative better-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> or more well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span>, superlative <span class="searchmatch">best</span>-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> or most well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span>) Having good manners and...
A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first. mannerly civil fair-mannered (archaic) polished polite refined well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> having good manners...
pleasant behaviour. Synonyms: well-mannered, well-bred, well-raised, well-<span class="searchmatch">behaved</span>, polite, civilized, polished, refined He strikes me as a very well-brought-up...
a living creature <span class="searchmatch">behaves</span> or acts generally. (uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct. He was on his <span class="searchmatch">best</span> behavior when her family...
and ended up lost. the <span class="searchmatch">best</span> laid plans of mice and men go oft astray develop bad habits; <span class="searchmatch">behave</span> improperly or illegally to <span class="searchmatch">behave</span> in an adulterous manner...
Because of the life/dinner principle, animals might at times <span class="searchmatch">behave</span> in ways that are not in their own <span class="searchmatch">best</span> interests, manipulated by some other animal....
Saint Giles, London: Head of Zeus, published 2014, →ISBN: I have always known that the <span class="searchmatch">best</span> of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians....
American psychologist <span class="searchmatch">best</span> known for his theory of stages of moral development. 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 13, in <span class="searchmatch">Behave</span>, Penguin, →ISBN: The Kohlbergian...
James to omit the most ordinary courtesies to the few gentlemen who had <span class="searchmatch">behaved</span> seemingly: […] . 1974, G[odfrey] N[wanoruo] Uzoigwe, Britain and the Conquest...