comme ci comme ça

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comme ci comme ça

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Borrowed from French comme ci comme ça (literally “like this like that”).

adjective

not comparable Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent. The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was comme ci comme ça.
Similar: average, fair, meh, mediocre, middling, lackluster, okay, so-so, comme ci comme ça, crappy, moderate, decent

adverb

not comparable Neither very well nor very poorly. How did he do at the tryouts? Oh, comme ci comme ça.
Similar: blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably, so-so

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adj neither good nor bad

Español	más o menos
Italiano	così cosà, così così
Русский	так себе́ tak sebé, не очень ne očenʹ, средне sredne
Tiếng Việt	bình thường
עברית	ככה־ככה kakhah-kakhah

adv neither well nor poorly

Español	más o menos
Français	comme ci comme ça, couci-couça
Deutsch	so lala
Русский	так себе́ tak sebé

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@misc{comme_ci_comme_c_a_2026,
  title = {comme ci comme ça},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comme%20ci%20comme%20%C3%A7a},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}