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Originally Posted by proof.beh  If "nicely" was used instead of nice in the first sentence, it means She is a good-looking girl! But when "nice" replaces with nicely, it will be giving a completely different meaning from the former one so that She is supposed to be a nice guy whether it'd be true or not! |
I'm sorry, but you are not using the rule correctly.
There are a number of verbs (seem, look, feel, appear, and of course,
is) that link to an adjective that describes the subject, not to an adverb that describes how the verb is accomplished.
Compare
She looked eager with
She looked eagerly inside the box that she knew contained her present.
In the first, looked is used to describe the girl. In the second, it's actually an "active" verb, and her act of seeking was done in an eager manner.