やっぱり

やっぱり〈事こと〉だったit turned out to be〈事〉as expected
やっぱり雨あめだった。
Sure enough, it rained.
やっぱり〈動どう詞し〉ことにしたin the end, decided to〈動詞〉
迷まよったけど、やっぱり行いくことにした。
I was hesitant, but in the end I decided to go.
〈人ひと〉もやっぱり〈事こと〉〈人〉too, just like the others
弟おとうともやっぱり甘あまいものが好すきだ。
My brother likes sweets too, just like the rest of us.
やっぱり〈場ば所しょ〉にいるto still be at〈場所〉as before
彼かれはやっぱりあの店みせにいた。
He was still at that shop, just like before.
それでもやっぱり〈動どう詞し〉even so, still〈動詞〉
怖こわかったけど、それでもやっぱり挑ちょう戦せんした。
It was scary, but I still gave it a try anyway.

Kanji

やはりN4
やはり is the more formal, written-style form of やっぱり, which is the everyday spoken contraction.
さすがN2sense 1
さすが expresses 'as expected' with a tone of admiration for someone's skill or reputation, while やっぱり is a neutral confirmation of a prediction.
結けっ局きょくN3sense 2
結局 focuses on the final outcome of a process, whereas やっぱり (sense 'after all') adds a sense that the outcome matches what one expected.
相あい変かわらずN3sense 4
相変わらず emphasizes that a situation is unchanged over time, while やっぱり in this sense simply notes that things are still the same as before.

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それでもN3sense 5
それでも is a conjunction meaning 'even so' that introduces a contrasting clause, while やっぱり can be used adverbially within a sentence to convey the same concessive nuance.
やっぱ
やっぱ is a clipped, very casual form of やっぱり, used mostly in relaxed spoken conversation.
果はたしてN2
やっぱり is a casual, spoken-style variant of やはり, whereas 果たして is more formal and often used in writing to mark a predicted outcome.

Colloquial contraction of やはり, which itself is of uncertain origin. The kanji form 矢っ張り is ateji.