▪ I. † ˈparcelly, adv. Obs.
[f. parcel n. + -ly2.]
1. By parcels or portions; in detail, item by item.
| ? 1469 Paston Lett. II. 334 Folowyng apperith, parcelly, dyvers and soondry maner of writyngs. 1525 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 54 As hereafter parcelly followeth. |
2. In part, partly: parcelly gilt = parcel-gilt.
| 1509 in Suss. Archæol. Coll. XLI. 27, ij chalices of siluer parcelly gylt. |
▪ II. parcelly
obs. form of parsley.