comme ci, comme çaadv.adj.

/kɒm ˌsiː kɒm ˈsa/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘like this, like that’.

So so, middling(ly).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb]

so-so1530

indifferently?c1550

meanly1550

colourlessly1572

indifferent1583

passable1591

passablya1610

nohow1779

so-soishly1842

so-and-so1844

monochromatically1890

serviceably1896

comme ci, comme ça1945

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]

feeblec1275

demeanc1380

unnoblec1384

coarse1424

colourlessc1425

passable1489

meana1500

indifferent1532

plain1539

so-so1542

mediocre1586

ordinary1590

fameless1611

middling1652

middle-rate1658

ornery1692

so-soish1819

nohow1828

betwixt and between1832

indifferential1836

null1847

undazzling1855

deviceless1884

uncompetitive1885

tug1890

run of the mill1919

serviceable1920

dim1958

spammy1959

comme ci, comme ça1968

vanilla1972

meh2007

1944 H. T. Kane Deep Delta Country xix. 248 Outside was the poor hen still on the groun, his neck all twis', his eye' making comme-ci, comme-ça.]

1945 M. Dickens Thursday Afternoons ii. 87 ‘How is the ill man?’... Stephen made a Gallic gesture with his left hand, indicating comme çi, comme ça.

1958 ‘E. McBain’ Killer's Choice (1960) xii. 134 Carella asked, ‘Good day?’ ‘Comme ci, comme ça,’ the bald-headed man said.

1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry (1967) xx. 121 How do you think people feel about him?’ Sussman rotated his hand. ‘Comme ci, comme ça..’.

1968 J. Potts Trash Stealer viii. 91 Duffy made a comme ci comme ça gesture.

1986 M. Bond Monsieur Pamplemousse on Spot ii. 26 Comme ci, comme ça. You win one, you lose another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	comme ci, comme ça
释义	comme ci, comme çaadv.adj. /kɒm ˌsiː kɒm ˈsa/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘like this, like that’. So so, middling(ly). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb] so-so1530 indifferently?c1550 meanly1550 colourlessly1572 indifferent1583 passable1591 passablya1610 nohow1779 so-soishly1842 so-and-so1844 monochromatically1890 serviceably1896 comme ci, comme ça1945 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] feeblec1275 demeanc1380 unnoblec1384 coarse1424 colourlessc1425 passable1489 meana1500 indifferent1532 plain1539 so-so1542 mediocre1586 ordinary1590 fameless1611 middling1652 middle-rate1658 ornery1692 so-soish1819 nohow1828 betwixt and between1832 indifferential1836 null1847 undazzling1855 deviceless1884 uncompetitive1885 tug1890 run of the mill1919 serviceable1920 dim1958 spammy1959 comme ci, comme ça1968 vanilla1972 meh2007 1944 H. T. Kane Deep Delta Country xix. 248 Outside was the poor hen still on the groun, his neck all twis', his eye' making comme-ci, comme-ça.] 1945 M. Dickens Thursday Afternoons ii. 87 ‘How is the ill man?’... Stephen made a Gallic gesture with his left hand, indicating comme çi, comme ça. 1958 ‘E. McBain’ Killer's Choice (1960) xii. 134 Carella asked, ‘Good day?’ ‘Comme ci, comme ça,’ the bald-headed man said. 1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry (1967) xx. 121 How do you think people feel about him?’ Sussman rotated his hand. ‘Comme ci, comme ça..’. 1968 J. Potts Trash Stealer viii. 91 Duffy made a comme ci comme ça gesture. 1986 M. Bond Monsieur Pamplemousse on Spot ii. 26 Comme ci, comme ça. You win one, you lose another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.adj.1945
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