N> /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. [JargoN File] (2001-05-18)
