hermetically

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English

Etymology

hermetic +‎ -ally

Adverb

hermetically (comparative more hermetically, superlative most hermetically)

  1. With a hermetic seal; so as to be airtight.
  2. In a hermetic manner; isolatedly.
    • 2001, Timothy J. Lenz, James K. McDowell, "Knowledge management for the strategic design and manufacture of polymer composite products", in Rajkumar Roy (ed), Industrial Knowledge Management: A Micro-Level Approach, page 379, →ISBN.
      Too often, this interchange of knowledge is thwarted, one way or another: the entropic leanings of the workplace foster hermetically isolated patterns of behavior.

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