automagically
<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.
[Jargon File]
(2001-05-18)
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