well-behaved

English

adj
Definitions
  • (of a person or animal) Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour
  • (mathematics) Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.

Etymology

Compound from English well + English behaved.

Origin

English

behaved

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