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airtightly

adv

Etymology

From airtight + -ly.

  1. derived from *ten-✻ — “to stretch, pull”
  2. derived from *tenkt-✻ — “dense, thick, tight”
  3. inherited from *þinhtaz✻
  4. inherited from *þį̄ht(ī)✻
  5. inherited from *þiht✻
  6. inherited from tight
  7. compounded as airtight — “air + tight”
  8. suffixed as airtightly — “airtight + ly”

Definitions

  1. Sealed in an airtight manner.

    • Be sure to seal the jar airtightly or the contents will go bad from exposure to oxygen.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA