The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and dictatorial.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
She there and then received dictatorial instructions as to dresses requisite for the week, and undertook to follow them to the letter.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
It must have sounded strange, indeed, to Northern ears, accustomed to the harsh railings and insolent threats of the South Carolina senators, to hear one of the latter complaining that Benton's tone in the debate was arrogant, overbearing, and dictatorial towards those who were opposed to him.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt