Why does そっくり（な？） take the な particle?


I was reading this page: <http://helps.ameba.jp/faq/pigg/5301/post_362.html>
and I found そっくりな, however my dictionary says it's an adverbial noun... and I
though those took の as their particle-Then again, I just use の whenever I read
noun because I assume it's an apposition.




You could have guessed it, but そっくり can be used as na-adjective (形容動詞). E.g.

> お父さんにそっくりな顔でびっくりしました。  
>  His face was so much like his dad's I was shocked.
>
> 昌吉にそっくりな性格だね。  
>  He's so much like Shoukichi.
>
> 自分(に/と)そっくりなキャラクターを作りました。  
>  I created a character that looked just like me.
>
> _More examples[at Space
> ALC](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E3%81%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A%E3%81%AA&ref=sa)_.

This does happen often with words you've always thought of as pure nouns...

