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An adverb is a word that modifies an adjective, adverb, preposition, phrase, or sentence, expressing some relation of place, time, circumstance, causality, manner, or degree.

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Does Esperanto have a hidden Allative case?

My understanding of adverbs (taken verbatim from a School House Rock song) is that adverbs answer questions such as how, where, when, condition, or reason. … So, Esperanto's tendency to use adverbs to describe a location is not unusual. Also note that English words like "whither" (kien) are also defined as adverbs. …
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What is the difference between "ade" and "daŭre"?

Edit (July 15, 2017): Because this old answer has received two downvotes in the last 5 days, I would like to underscore that the bold text in the second line of my answer below is a first order approx …
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Adverb or adjective for tio

Tio isn't quite an o-word. It's a correlative and they follow slightly different rules. Still, the correlatives ending in O do have o-word-like qualities. They will take an -n ending and are described …
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Do adjectives or adverbs describe "tio"?

The -o correlatives are noun-like and although they don't take a plural, they are described by adjectives, not adverbs. Therefore, in every case that you listed, you would need an adjective. … Your last two examples could be adverbs depending on what you mean. Io stranga okazis - something strange happened. Io strange okazis - something happened strangely. …
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Using "tiel" and "tiom" before adjectives, adverbs and verbs

In the examples you give, you'd usually say tiel. If you say tiom it suggests a greater degree.
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