Comme Il Faut (Adjective)
Meaning
According with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "seemly behavior".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- It is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money.
- Her comme il faut behavior at the dinner party earned her many compliments.
- He was raised to believe that it was comme il faut for a man to open doors for women.
- The aristocrat's comme il faut mannerisms were studied by all who aspired to join the upper class.
- The teacher reminded her student that it was not comme il faut to speak loudly in the library.