Behaved

Word BEHAVED
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /bəˈheɪvd/

Definitions and meanings of "Behaved"

What do we mean by behaved?

To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.

To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

To conduct, manage, regulate (something).

To act in a polite or proper way.

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The word "behaved" in example sentences

"Richard Colvin behaved as a straight-up-and-down person, completely honest and doing his job to the best of his abilities," the former official said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But then I also think that perhaps my idea of well-behaved is different than some of the other posters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At times he half-rose from his chair, and fell vacuously into it again; or he chuckled in the face of weighty, severely-worded instructions; tapped his chest, stretched his arms, yawned, and in short behaved so singularly that Richard observed it, and said: "On my soul, I don't think you know a word I'm saying." ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Had he advanced to take my hand; had he attempted consolation; had he, in short, behaved differently in the main from what he actually did, I cannot say what might have been the consequences. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

They gave repeated shouts, thrust their arrows into their quivers, fired off their muskets, shook their spears, danced, laughed, sung, and cried in succession, and in short behaved like madmen. ❋ Mungo Park (1788)

These scampered through his brain and tore up his heart and tumbled about in his throat and lungs, and maintained a furious harlequinade, and in short behaved in a way that was quite disgraceful, and that caused the poor young man alternately to amuse, annoy, astonish, and stun his comrades, who beheld the exterior results of those private theatricals, but had no conception of the terrific combats that took place so frequently on the stage within. ❋ Archibald Webb (1859)

… I’m looking for somewhere to add in a bit about the value of assimilation in the context of the quote “well behaved women never make history” and the ways in which being able to be ill-behaved is a privilege in itself but I can’t find one and for some odd reason I never did tag that blog post (if you find it, please link it, it was really good and I miss it). ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don’t remember it well enough to just run off my mouth, but the (paraphrased, probably hackneyed) gist of it was that being in a position to be ill-behaved is a position of privilege. i.e. The busboy is not going to tell off his manager when the manager asserts an English-only policy if he needs to keep that job and/or get a decent reference for an additional/replacement job. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The only open space is for yard-play for the well-behaved, which is almost always paved over. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Spelling, he's nightly dressed, quiet and well behaved, that is primary two. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the heels of a lazy Labor Day and an August virtually devoid of a spike heel, comes mayhem that starts at 8 a. m and ends at 1 a.m. -- if you're behaved, that is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the heels of a lazy Labor Day and an August virtually devoid of a spike heel, comes mayhem that starts at 8 a. m and ends at 1 a.m. -- if you\'re behaved, that is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In obedience to the Lieutenant’s order, Joliffe brought some reindeer-venison, which the poor creatures devoured with greedy avidity; but the young woman who had answered in English behaved with greater refinement, and watched Mrs Barnett and the women of the fort without once removing her eyes from them. ❋ Unknown (1874)

There was no resistance or adhesion; the sword behaved like any other inanimate piece of steel. ❋ Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- (1985)

It behaved, that is to say, just as these creatures always do in the case of cattle but in direct contrast with their normal behaviour in the case of men. ❋ Unknown (1923)

He behaved, that is, to Annalise, as he had behaved to his ideals in the night; he shook his fist at her, and called her fool. ❋ Elizabeth Von Arnim (1903)

The class was engaged and well-behaved, which is what I expected. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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