Pliant and Young

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Pliant adjective - Able to bend easily without breaking.

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Young and pliant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Young" instead an adjective "Pliant".

Nearby Words: pliable, pliancy

Young adjective - Being in the early stage of life, growth, or development.

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Pliant and young are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pliant" instead an adjective "Young".

Nearby Words: youngster, youngling, youngish

Later in the book, one character bemoans that "We were going to sail into Klatch and be in Al-Khali by teatime, drinking sherbet with pliant young women in the Rhoxi," mirroring the confident statements of some WWII soldiers that "We'll be drinking coffee in Berlin by teatime."

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