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comme il faut

[kaw-meel foh, kuhm eel foh] / kɔ mil ˈfoʊ, ˌkʌm il ˈfoʊ /


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It was not quite comme il faut that the Barons should presume to speak to the boy.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017

He never met her but kept in touch by phone for long stretches from 1977 to 2003, out of a genteel sense of comme il faut, according to his deposition.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2013

Ms. Caldwell makes everything Alice does seem comme il faut — and that includes keeping a copy of Mr. Adjmi’s text in front of her.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2011

Under a local law, the Monterrey firm of Guadelupe Gonzalez S.A. had been convicted of using the French phrase Modes comme il faut in its advertising.

From Time Magazine Archive

Speaking as a toff," I says, "it isn't comme il faut!

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Alfred Noyes


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