/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)
