/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 invokeScc to produce an executable." See magic. [Jargon File] (2001-05-18)