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Princeton's WordNet

  1. well-bred, well-manneredadjective

    of good upbringing

Wiktionary

  1. well-bredadjective

    well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education

  2. well-bredadjective

    of good breed

Wikipedia

  1. well-bred

    Purebreds are "cultivated varieties" of an animal species achieved through the process of selective breeding. When the lineage of a purebred animal is recorded, that animal is said to be "pedigreed". Purebreds breed true-to-type which means the progeny of like-to-like purebred parents will carry the same phenotype, or observable characteristics of the parents. A group of purebreds is called a pure-breeding line or strain.

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  1. well-bred

    Well-bred refers to someone who is polite, courteous, and well-mannered, typically as a result of good upbringing and proper education. This term often implies that the person has high social standing or comes from a good family. It can also be used to refer to animals, especially horses and dogs, that come from a high-quality or pure breed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Well-bredadjective

    having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-bred in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of well-bred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of well-bred in a Sentence

  1. Tom Blair:

    Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

  2. Tom Blair:

    Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, "there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it." A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

  3. David Hume:

    Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.


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