hermetically

[ hur-met-ik-lee ]

/ hɜrˈmɛt ɪk li /

so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1595–1605; hermetic + -ally

For JPMorgan Chase, the Bernie Madoff stench can no longer be hermetically sealed.
JPMorgan and Madoff: Will the Scandal Sink Jamie Dimon?|Allan Dodds Frank|February 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Then quite suddenly, the hermetically sealed bubble around Castro was punctured.
The Day Castro Wept|A. L. Bardach|September 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The debates certainly would never have been this hermetically sealed and antiseptic.
McCain's Brilliant Campaign, Four Years Too Late|Caroline Marks|November 4, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It is also the name given to highly cooked meat in hermetically sealed tin canisters.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

Each house was heated by one stove and was very hot and stuffy, being, except for the door, hermetically sealed.
The Note-Book of an Attache|Eric Fisher Wood
From this the air is exhausted, and it is then hermetically sealed.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward
He disinfected his hands, inserted his resin in a hermetically sealed box, and the factories disappeared.
Against The Grain|Joris-Karl Huysmans
He took up another flask just like the first, containing fluid and hermetically sealed in the same way.
The Poet at the Breakfast Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.