Tips:

• In this compound word (“how” plus “ever”) stress the second word “ever.”
• Use the consonant glide
  /w/ to link the two words—from
  /ɑ͜u/ to
  /ɛ/.
• Speakers who have difficulty distinguishing between
  /w/ and
  /v/ need to be careful pronouncing this word because it has both sounds in close proximity to each other. Before saying the word, try pronouncing [wɛv].