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Definition of Comme il faut
1. Adjective. According with custom or propriety. "Seemly behavior"
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
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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