1
: crowded or pressed together : compact
the crowd collected in a serried mass W. S. Maugham
2
[by alteration] : marked by ridges : serrate
the serried contours of the … mountains Amer. Guide Series: Oregon
serriedly adverb
serriedness noun

Examples of serried in a Sentence

Flowers came up every spring in their serried ranks. a sterile subdivision with serried rows of cookie-cutter houses
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In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021 The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens. Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of serried was in 1667

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“Serried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serried. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

serried

adjective
: crowded or pressed together
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