Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Toothy Tuesdays Answer

Yesterday's word was hermetically (adverb).

Guesses were:
Archaeology Cat said:
What comes to mind is something being hermetically sealed, which I think is a way of ensuring something remains preserved. But I can't give an exact definition without looking it up. I'm tired today. ;-)

The definition: So as to be impervious to outside interference or influence.

His brown eyes were either sound asleep (that was when Rufus was given over to analysis, parting company with his surroundings as though hermetically insulated from them) or fiercely active. (Courtesy of The Lexicon by William F. Buckley Jr.)

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