hermitically

adv

1. Misconstruction of hermetically (“in an airtight way”).

   “When I proofread her draft of the food safety announcement, I corrected *"hermitically sealed" to read correctly as "hermetically sealed".”

   “The fresh oleoresin was collected using 1.5 mL polyethylene tube for each sample and the tube was hermitically closed and refrigerated until the analysis.”

2. In the manner of a hermit.

   “By his fifties, he had moved out to Alaska and was living quite hermitically.”