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Answer for the clue "Well-behaved ", 6 letters:
polite
Alternative clues for the word polite
Word definitions for polite in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polite \Po*lite"\, v. t. To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] --Ray.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. [ant: impolite ] marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized , civilised ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "polished, burnished" (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin politus "refined, elegant, accomplished," literally "polished," past participle of polire "to polish, to make smooth" (see polish (v.)). Used literally at first in English; sense of "elegant, ...
Usage examples of polite.
He even wrote me a very polite letter, in which he gave the name of my enemy, assuring me that he would never take any steps to compel me to pay the money.
Whether these blunders are attributable to the limited course of instruction he received at Brienne, to his hasty writing, the rapid flow of his ideas, or the little importance he attached to that indispensable condition of polite education, I know not.
They sauntered down the hillside, Titek chattering happily and Aisha indulging him with polite and informative answers, pitted by only the occasional barbless bolt of sarcasm.
She had but to return to the polite world from which the loss of her husband and her straightened circumstances had removed her, to find herself a popular woman with a host of friends in the exalted circles Captain Baster burned to adorn.
Carrie said automatically to be polite as they walked into the living room where Bette greeted Maddie.
The formal music for the branle and galliard, the charconne and allemande and pavane and the Spanish minuet blew pattering like tinfoil through the peach trees, suffocated by the drawling French of English thoraxes and the polite, beautiful French of the most highly cultured courtiers in the world.
His clear blue eyes ran over Brat as Bee introduced them, but his expression remained polite and inscrutable.
She watched Brek being polite in the face of their coolness and wondered how he did it.
The topmen were all extroverted Yahoos, and I had not been polite to them lately.
The confidential family servant even forgot some of her polite mannerliness in her excitement.
Reid Grammar School in the daytime, Mearl Streep had been practically drummed out of polite Iowa society.
C Sharp was speaking in polite, formal modality, using the microtone flattening of pitch reserved for the young speaking to elders.
Being polite and showing respect for the misbehaving user is a good policy - even when a horrible snert shows none of this in return.
After several minutes of giving polite attention I realized that I had opened a tap behind which stood a full ocean of information, each datum more abstruse than the last, and that Ulwy Munt was not inclined to hinder its flow.
He then called for champagne, offered it vainly to everybody, bade the company a polite farewell and went upon his way.