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While reading I sometimes come across some sentences like

> 包丁を使ってたまねぎを切った。

Where 使って is word just like an adverb which modifies 切る.

So I looked up a little more about the Te form and I found this:

> 付帯状況

Which I think it shows how you do the main verb using the Te form verb before
it as an adverb which modifies the main verb.

Could someone give me a good explanation about Te form and 付帯状況?  
Is the Te form just an adverb?  
Or is it like a relative clause but instead of making a relative about a noun
it makes an adverbial clause which shows how the next verb is done?

(The the form somehow reminds me of V1ことで...V2, by doing (through) V1 I do V2
or V1 is how I do V2. This is just how my mind sees it and I don't claim that
is correct, but can someone tell me if I am wrong?)
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grammar て-form
て form and adverbial meaning
Yes it's adverb **ial** in relation to the verb (predicate), but you can't say
it's simply an adverb (you can't use a te-form verb alone as an adverb). The
word 付帯状況 literally means "collateral situation" (I wasn't able to find a
proper English translation) that means what you're doing alongside doing
action that is described with main verb, such as:

> 彼は時計を見てため息をついた。
>
> → _Looking at the watch, he gave a sigh._  
>  → _He looked at the watch, and gave a sigh._

The two translations are telling almost the same thing, but if you translate
like the former one, it becomes an adverbial clause, while the latter looks
more like [serial
verbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_verb_construction). Te-form can
represent a wide range of relations between verbs, from almost independent two
actions (酒を飲んで肉を食べる) to almost subordinate (包丁を使ってたまねぎを切る), depending on the
context.

～を使って leans particularly to the subordinate side, as it always expects a verb
that comes after it when it's used. Therefore, the phrase is usually
translated as single words such as _using_ or _with_.
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