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Meaning of well-bred | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Of good breed.
  2. Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education.
    broadly

Equivalents

العربية بزع جميل مترب مربى
Ελληνικά καλομαθημένος
Español bien nacido
हिन्दी शाइस्ता
Latina generosus
Nederlands van een goed ras welopgevoed

Examples

“Ideally you should relax—though well-bred English people do no feel entirely at ease in a room full of naked strangers beating one another.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

well-breeched well-brought-up well-built well-connected well-coupled well-covered

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