The phrase "acted seriously" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is behaving in a sincere or earnest manner, often in a situation that requires gravity or thoughtfulness.
Example: "During the meeting, she acted seriously, emphasizing the importance of the project deadlines."
Alternatives: "behaved earnestly" or "conducted herself with gravity."
It wasn't until they started doing this that quite a few large companies started taking supply chain issues seriously.' But the view that only a tiny proportion of businesses act responsibly was confirmed last week by research suggesting that just 3percentnt of the FTSE 350 companies have acted seriously on challenges such as climate change, waste and poverty.
"The Syrian people have been killed for 4 years and nobody acted seriously to stop the killing".
We acted seriously against the amendment of the patent act from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Companies that act seriously and aggressively now will gain market positioning and long-term benefits.
If we do not act seriously, we don't get it, and the guy next to me will frown.
Those companies that act seriously and aggressively now will establish advantageous market positioning and be greatly rewarded over the long haul.
It was only after 1996 that the state began to act seriously against illegal construction, and it demolished houses and villas in natural parks in Sicily and Rome.
The failure to act seriously undermines Britain's claim to be a world leader in tackling violence against women in developing nations, the Commons international development select committee said.
But it was not until her employer, Lutheran Social Services of Kansas and Oklahoma Inc., began a round of layoffs in 2000, that she began to act seriously on her dream to make her pottery a full-time business.
"If the international community does not act seriously and effectively to put an end to arbitrariness and the challenges of the Sharon government, the Middle East region as a whole will become an arena of instability and unrest whose dangerous results and consequences will tell on the whole world," he said.
But the prepared text that he stuck to so closely defied any notion that he was prepared to act seriously on his rhetoric about both parties working together.
