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jargon> /aw-toh-maj'i-klee/ or /aw-toh-maj'i-k*l-ee/
Automatically, but in a way that, for some reason (typically
because it is too complicated, or too ugly, or perhaps even
too trivial), the speaker doesn't feel like explaining to you.
E.g. "The C-INTERCAL compiler generates C, then
automagically
invokes
cc to produce an executable."
See
magic.
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(2001-05-18)