Word info

well brought up

Adjective

Meaning

well brought up (comparative better brought up, superlative best brought up)

Alternative form of well-brought-up

well-brought-up (comparative better-brought-up or more well-brought-up, superlative best-brought-up or most well-brought-up)

Having been taught during childhood to exhibit good manners and pleasant behaviour.
He strikes me as a very well-brought-up young man.
Synonyms: well-mannered, well-bred, well-raised, well-behaved, polite, civilized, polished, refined

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

well-brought-up

Examples

The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard. Lewis H. Lapham

I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian. Brigitte Bardot

He is tall and thin and, as Tarrou observes in his journal, "his small, beady eyes, narrow nose, and hard, straight mouth make him look like a well-brought-up owl." Source: Internet

Planting trees in an urban environment was to become obligatory: "If man walks in nature's midst, then he is nature's guest and must learn to behave as a well-brought-up guest." Source: Internet

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