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

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 it signals is that he may be subject to the same hermetically sealed information bubbles that now make every court critic into a vicious hater and every principled objector into a witch hunter.

From Slate

There’s crumbly, saline feta stored in squat disposable tubs; orange-tinged cheddar slices, ranging from mild to sharp, in slim plastic sleeves; and selection upon selection of uniformly grated and shredded varieties, each hermetically encased in crinkling, resealable bags.

From Salon

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