comme il faut
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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
"Everything was very comme il faut, very strict, but I remained myself."
From Time Magazine Archive
This time they did not, as usual, stay with their relations, but they took lodgings at a fashionable boarding-house, where they could receive their "great woman," comme il faut.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
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