The phrase "acts slowly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that takes a long time to respond or perform an action.
Example: "The old computer acts slowly when running multiple programs at once."
Alternatives: "moves at a sluggish pace" or "operates gradually."
He acts slowly, is suspicious of everyone except his family.
Jazz acts slowly took over the lineup, and in 1957 the club took on an all-jazz format.
He acts slowly, giving room to others, encourages collective responses and shows none of the macho posturing that Prof Rose believes got us into this Brexit mess.
"Tonight I finally understood it: there is always a solvent that acts slowly with a gentle heat, and undoes everything".
Analysis of temporal kinetics reveals that melanopsin acts slowly to increase light aversion over time, whereas rods/cones drive a more immediate aversive response.
Apparently correct initial atovaquone concentration on day 3 did not predict the outcome of treatment because A-P acts slowly, and most reported A-P therapeutic failures were late failures.
The enemy families act slowly and stupidly.
The Japanese government acted slowly in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, and the initial stages of rebuilding were not handled very well.
"He was motivated by the belief that if you act quickly you have more impact, and save more lives, than if you act slowly," said Curtis R. Welling, who succeeded Mr. Macauley as chief executive of AmeriCares in 2002.
But short of that, Mr Volker worries that other countries see within Team Obama "a creeping willingness to let things go .A senior former defence official says that Mr Obama acted slowly in sending reinforcements to NATO members, and would do so again.
The time that an antiseptic takes to act depends to some extent on its concentration, but the speed at which different antiseptics kill bacteria varies considerably; thus, the halogens (e.g., iodine and chlorine salts) act quickly, whereas mercurials, compounds of heavy metals, and dyes act slowly.
