hermetically

[ hur-met-ik-lee ]

/ hɜrˈmɛt ɪk li /

adverb

so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.

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weal

well-being, prosperity, or happiness.

the intervening time.

a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.

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Origin of hermetically

First recorded in 1595–1605; hermetic + -ally

Words nearby hermetically

hermeneutic, hermeneutics, hermes, hermes trismegistus, hermetic, hermetically, hermeticism, hermione, hermit, hermit crab, hermit kingdom

Example sentences from the Web for hermetically

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.

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