hermetically

1. 1.

   in an airtight manner

   “this bag is hermetically sealed”

Questions about hermetically

What does hermetically mean?

hermetically means "in an airtight manner".

How many syllables are in hermetically?

hermetically has 5 syllables: her-met-i-cal-ly. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /hɚˈmɛtɪkəli/.

Is hermetically a common word?

hermetically is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.