For older generations both the music and the metaphor were terribly significant.

"There have been one or two cases, not terribly significant," he said.

It was not a terribly significant component of the labor force.

So there was nothing terribly significant about her keeping these.

A report that new housing starts had risen for the fifth straight month in August was not seen as terribly significant.

Hans shook his head in a terribly significant manner.

There is the deliberate, adult pace of the law, in which a day or a week or a month may not seem terribly significant.

Over all, the net outflows have been relatively small, and not terribly significant for the fund companies' long-term financial health.

Microsoft did make offers in those areas, the company said, but an official involved with the talks called them "not terribly significant."

"That's terribly significant because it gives the movement a scope and longevity it didn't have before 9/11."