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suspicious; dubious; unreliable
indecent; unseemly
如何わしい話を聞いた。
I heard a suspicious story.
あの店の取引は以前から如何わしかった。
That shop's dealings had been suspicious for a while.
彼の経歴は別に如何わしくない。
His background is not particularly dubious.