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How the company acts, with no shillyshallying? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

firmly

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'how' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'company acts with no shillyshallying?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'company' could be 'firm' (firm can mean a company or business) and 'firm' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for firmly that I've seen before include "fast" , "Strongly" , "With resolute determination" , "Resolutely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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