hermetically

American  

[hur-met-ik-lee] / hɜrˈmɛt ɪk li /

adverb

1. so as to be airtight.

   hermetically sealed.

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Etymology

Origin of hermetically

First recorded in 1595–1605; hermetic + -ally

Example Sentences

Hermetically sealed in a Mulholland mansion with a herd of capybara and king cobras?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Hermetically sealed within John’s own recollections, “Rocketman” takes place in a world devoid of musical and pop-cultural context.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2019

To frame new cells and tombs; then breed and die, As all their ancestors had done,—and rest, Hermetically sealed, each in its shrine, A statue in this temple of oblivion!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 by Various

Hermetically sealed in his laboratory, self-exiled from human contacts, he labored hard.

From A Scientist Rises by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar

Hermetically sealing itself from any intrusion from below, it deteriorated by close and constant intermarriage; and it was already, both morally and intellectually, below the level of the rest of the nation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various