hermetically

[hur-met-ik-lee]

adverb

1. so as to be airtight.

   hermetically sealed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hermetically¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; hermetic + -ally

Example Sentences

How can you convince an audience with their phones hermetically sealed to their hands to put away their devices and care about this sprawling, capital-M movie playing in front of them?

From Salon

This hermetically sealed, windowless room is the only place where attorneys and their clients can discuss the evidence.

From Salon

To bring down grocery and gas prices overnight, end the war in Gaza and Ukraine instantly, hermetically seal the U.S. border and fill our households to the bursting with sudden and abundant wealth.

From Los Angeles Times

What the conservative legal movement has built in many ways is a hermetically sealed circle.

From Salon

“The judge is not supposed to be concerned about the give and take in the public arena, he’s trying to sort of hermetically seal his courtroom,” she noted.

From Salon