Examples of comme il faut in a Sentence
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There is nothing scary, amiss, or unrelatable about me, who am comme il faut.
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Laura Kolbe, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
Laura Kolbe, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
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Word History
Etymology
French, literally, as it should be
First Known Use
1756, in the meaning defined above
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“Comme il faut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comme%20il%20faut. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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