Charitable donations cut on old street? Very nearly (6)
I believe the answer is:
almost
'very nearly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'charitable donations cut on old street?' is the wordplay.
'charitable donations' becomes 'alms' (I've seen this before).
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'street?' becomes 'st'.
'alms' with its last letter removed is 'alm'.
'alm'+'o'+'st'='ALMOST'
(Other definitions for almost that I've seen before include "Well-nigh" , "practically" , "Slightly short of" , "Nearly, not quite" , "As good as" .)