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[Eng. magic; -al.] 1. Of or pertaining to magic. 2. Having magic or supernatural powers. (Said of things.) "Some have fancied that envy has a certain magical force in it." -Steele: Spectator, No. 19. *3. Having the power of using magic. (Said of persons.) 4. Acting or produced as if by magic. "Ark wright had yet not taught how it might be worked up with a speed and precision which seem magical ."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. Magic differs from magical in that the former is not used predicatively; thus we say the effect was magical , but we speak of a magic lantern. mag-ic-al-lý, adv . [Eng. magical ; -ly .] In a magical manner; by or as if by magic.