SERRIED


Meaning of SERRIED in English

ˈserēd, -rid adjective

Etymology: from past participle of serry

1. : crowded or pressed together : compact , dense

the crowd collected in a serried mass — W.S.Maugham

a serried phalanx of reeds — William Beebe

squat houses huddle, meanly serried — Laurence Binyon

2. : precisely coherent and concise — used of discourse

perorations, but not serried argument — H.J.Laski

the reader wading through these solid, serried pages — Times Literary Supplement

3.

[alteration of serrate (II) ]

: marked by ridges or serrations : serrate

his brow serried in an inquisitive frown — Harris Downey

to the south rise the serried contours of the … mountains — American Guide Series: Oregon

to the east headland after headland of the north coast … stood out in serried rank — John Wymer

• ser·ried·ly adverb

• ser·ried·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.