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Which one is correct?

She smelled as awful as her mother.

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She smelled as awfully as her mother.

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Which one is correct? Welcome!

She smelled as awful as her mother.
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She smelled as awfully as her mother.

Here "smelled" is a linking verb; it gives information about the subject, so the adjective is correct.

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She smelled awfully nice.

In THIS sentence, is is an adverb, modifying the adjective, nice.
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