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hermetically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /hɚˈmɛt.ɪk(.ə)li/ (US)
• [hɚˈmɛɾ.ɪk(.ə)li] (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English hermetic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hermetically From hermetic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a hermetic way. ▸ With a hermetic seal; so as to be airtight.
   • a hermetically sealed jar
   • they hermetically seal the jars
2. In a hermetic way. ▸ In an isolated manner.
   • Too often, this interchange of knowledge is thwarted, one way or another: the entropic leanings of the workplace foster hermetically isolated patterns of behavior. 2001, Timothy J. Lenz, James K. McDowell, “Knowledge management for the strategic design and manufacture of polymer composite products”, in Rajkumar Roy, editor, Industrial Knowledge Management: A Micro-Level Approach, →ISBN, page 379:
   • This was partly because of the fact that race issues were so contentious in the late 2010s, but anyone who thinks race wasn’t being discussed hotly in the late 1980s either wasn’t there or was living quite hermetically. The more important difference was social media, which propagates and even transforms terms more rapidly than broadcasting and print. 2025 February 20, John McWhorter, “How ‘Woke’ Became the ‘Woke Right’ (and Why It Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone)”, in New York Times:
   • living hermetically

Forms

Deriveds

hermetically seal · hermetically sealed

Relateds

live under a rock

Synonyms

isolatedly

Translations (29)

hu hermetikusan (hermetically) · es herméticamente (hermetically) · el ερμητικά (hermetically) · pl hermetycznie (hermetically) · et õhutihedalt (hermetically) · oc ermeticament (hermetically) · nn hermetisk (hermetically) · fr hermétiquement (hermetically) · sh хермѐтично (hermetically) · it ermeticamente (hermetically) · fi ilmatiiviisti (hermetically) · cs hermeticky (hermetically) · sh хермѐтички (hermetically) · fi hermeettisesti (hermetically) · sh hermètično (hermetically) · pt hermeticamente (hermetically) · ka ჰერმეტულად (hermetically) · lb hermetesch (hermetically) · sv hermetiskt (hermetically) · sh hermètički (hermetically) · et õhukindlalt (hermetically) · io hermetike (hermetically) · ca hermèticament (hermetically) · de hermetisch (hermetically) · hu légmentesen (hermetically) · nb hermetisk (hermetically) · bg плътно (hermetically) · ru герметично (hermetically) · bg херметично (hermetically)