hermetically
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hermetically
Example Sentences
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The shelters feature a main door that seals hermetically and a decontamination chamber where people can shower if they have been in a contaminated environment.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
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 • May 24, 2025
"They all need feeding, they're not totally hermetically sealed off from the world," says Stephen Bullivant, professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
Czaja is hopeful funding will be approved for the anticipated Mars Sample Return mission to retrieve the hermetically sealed titanium tubes scientists have spent three years filling with interesting rock cores.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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