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 Word Forms

• serriedly adverb
• serriedness noun
• unserried 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.

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

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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.”

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

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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.

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