然さだに

expression

if only it were at least like that

Archaic expression conveying a wish or regret that something were at least a certain way. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは「然さだに」が「せめてそのようであれば」という願がん望ぼうを表あらわす。

  In classical literature, 然だに expresses a wish like 'if only it were at least like that.'