Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • According to the Hermetic books; agreeably with Hermetic philosophy; esoterically; secretly.
  • In a hermetic manner; chemically; specifically, by means of fusion: as, a vessel hermetically sealed or closed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an hermetical manner; chemically.
  • adverb By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb With a hermetic seal; so as to be airtight.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an airtight manner

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Examples

  • I agree with this, and when smokers can start smoking in hermetically-sealed environs, we can discuss this as a libertarian issue.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Smoking 2009

  • But under who's government has the so called hermetically sealed professional political class moved away from the public?

    Archive 2008-11-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • As a result, the postmodern leftist lives in a kind of hermetically sealed ignorance that they call "education" or "sophistication."

    One Cosmos 2009

  • But he goes back to use the word "hermetically" which, of course, makes him sound real smart) The point is when you try to hermetically seal them, that makes your potential supporters who agree with your ethics, nervous.

    Myclob's Mitt Romney Encyclopedia Mike 2010

  • I am concerned the commission will be a little too hermetically sealed with people from upper management and astronauts.

    Leroy Chiao Seeks Your Input - NASA Watch 2009

  • The hermetically sealed compartment had the equipment mounted in cruciform bays, with the chemical batteries protecting the radio and guidance equipment mounted at the centre.

    Satellite Collisions: Sooner Or Later ... - NASA Watch 2009

  • Economics, abstracted and hermetically sealed from other disciplines, has admitted of no such “interference”.

    Matthew Yglesias » My Theory’s Great, Except for the Times It Doesn’t Work 2010

  • Unless you were living in a hermetically sealed and heated bubble the past couple of weeks (or reside in Hawaii) you probably experienced some of the coldest temperatures in a long time.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • Unless you were living in a hermetically sealed and heated bubble the past couple of weeks (or reside in Hawaii) you probably experienced some of the coldest temperatures in a long time.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • And everything in that bag is hermetically sealed into it's own waterproof ziploc baggie system.

    The Brat Life - SpouseBUZZ 2009

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  • i like it when things are hermetically sealed.

    May 9, 2007

  • "I vant to live alone in this chamber vith my pet seal" said Tom hermetically.

    December 12, 2007