はたして【果たして】
- 1〔思った通り〕
- 果たして事はうまくいった
- As (had been) expected, things went well.
- 果たして彼女は独身だった
- She was single, just as I had thought.／《口》 Sure enough, she was single.
- 果たしてまずいことになった
- It went badly, just as I had feared.
- 2〔本当に〕
- 果たして事実だろうか
- Can it really be true?
- 果たして来るだろうか
- Will he actually come?
