serried

[ ser-eed ]

adjective

1. pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows:

   serried troops.

serried

/ ˈsɛrɪd /

adjective

1. in close or compact formation

   serried ranks of troops

Other Words From

• serried·ly adverb
• serried·ness noun
• un·serried adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of serried¹

First recorded in 1660–70; serry + -ed ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of serried¹

C17: from Old French serré close-packed, from serrer to shut up; see sear ²

Example Sentences

The halves hang on clothes hangers in serried ranks, like clothes at a dry cleaners.

From Washington Post

“The old Barnes & Noble was serried ranks of bookshelves, most sections arranged A to Z by author,” Daunt says.

From Los Angeles Times

At an exhibition of science fiction art, Nicholls observes “serried ranks of fantasy pictures, nearly unbelievably imaginative in exactly the same kitschy way as each other.”

From Washington Post

There are serried ranks of wives and lovers and misfits and buttinskies and assorted hangers-on.

From New York Times

Across town, the faces of dead soldiers stare out in serried ranks from the walls of St Michael's Cathedral in a memorial that stretches for almost 100m.

From BBC

Related Words

• arranged
• congested
• crowded
• filled
• jam-packed
• jammed
• loaded
• overflowing
• overloaded
• stuffed
• swarming
• wrapped