Definition of Comme il faut

1. Adjective. According with custom or propriety. "Seemly behavior"

Exact synonyms: Becoming, Comely, Decent, Decorous, Seemly
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Becomingness, Decency, Decorousness, Decorum, Seemliness

Definition of Comme il faut

1. Adjective. Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comme Il Faut

commandries
commandry
commands
commandwide
commas
commata
commaterial
commatic
commatism
commaund
commaundest
commaundeth
commaundment
commaunds
comme ci comme ça
comme il faut (current term)
commeasurable
commeasure
commeasured
commeasures
commeasuring
commedia dell'arte
commelina
commemorabilia
commemorable
commemorate
commemorated
commemorates
commemorating
commemoration

Literary usage of Comme il faut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... even when showing on all that the master has taught him. quite—quite— 'Comme il faut, George/ ' 1 don't mean that, love—not quite THE CHEESE. ..."

2. Seven Ages of Childhood by Ella (Lyman) Cabot (1921)
"BOOK SIX THE AGE OF ROMANCE * • * CHAPTER XVII BEING comme il faut WHEN men speak of romance with a sneer we often listen with a weak smile implying that if ..."

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