Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a specified number of floors or levels: Used to describe a building's vertical structure.
   • Celebrated or famous in story or history; having an illustrious past: Describing something or someone renowned, often surrounded by tales or legends.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Number of floors):

  • The city is filled with ten-storied apartment blocks.
  • They plan to construct a three-storied house on the vacant lot.

• Adjective (Illustrious past):

  • We visited the storied halls of the ancient university.
  • The team returned to their storied stadium for the final championship game.

Advanced Usage

• "storied past/history": A common collocation emphasizing a rich, famous, or legendary history.
  • The company's storied history is documented in the museum.
  • The island has a storied past filled with pirates and explorers.

Variants and Related Words

• Story (n): A tale or narrative; also, a floor or level in a building.

  • The building has five stories.
  • He told us an interesting story.

• Multistoried (adj): Having many stories or floors.

  • A multistoried parking garage.

Synonyms

• For "having floors": Tiered, multi-level.
• For "illustrious past": Legendary, famed, celebrated, renowned, historic.

Related Phrases

• "Storied tradition": A tradition that is famous and has been passed down through stories.
  • The school is known for its storied tradition of academic excellence.

Notes on Meaning

• The meaning is entirely dependent on context. When followed by a number (e.g., "six-storied"), it exclusively refers to architecture. When used alone, it almost always refers to a celebrated, legendary quality. The hyphen is typically used when combining with a number (e.g., two-storied) but is often omitted in the "illustrious" sense.

Adjective

1. having stories as indicated
   • a six-storied building
2. having an illustrious past