Serried [SAIR-eed]  

Part of speech: adjective 

Origin: French, mid-17th century  

1. (Of rows of people or things) Standing close together.  

Examples of serried in a sentence  

"The doors opened to reveal the elevator was already full of serried passengers."  

"I wanted to stay for the last band of the night, but the crowd was so serried, I could barely breathe."