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Meaning of dwimmery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈdwɪ.mə.ɹi/

Definitions

A computer program's ability to sense the user's intentions rather than work according to a well-defined specification.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“This dwimmery causes the model to show that polar melting rates have absolutely no connection to world climate in general, and to rising ocean levels in particular.”
“I think that, as with various other parts of Perl 6, we can try to sweep all the dwimmery into one spot so that it can be easily recognized and/or avoided.”
“The big challenge of Perl 6 is to achieve a high degree of dwimmery”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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